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anneboleyn

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4. It is amazing to think it remained undisturbed on land for some time until the elements gradually

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 06:56 PM

Mar 2017

covered it (maybe it created a small crater when it crashed?) If the plane has any identifying marks left, such as serial numbers, I bet they will be able to research the identity of the pilot.

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Boy finds WWII plane with pilot's remains in cockpit [View all] Cooley Hurd Mar 2017 OP

Yikes! That is incredible after all this time! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2017 #1

wow; good thing it wasn't UXO Skittles Mar 2017 #2

Can't tell from photo at link, yagotme Mar 2017 #3

That is what I was wondering -- how it remained undisturbed for so long. It wasn't in a place anneboleyn Mar 2017 #5

A field that far north, in Nov/Dec time frame, yagotme Mar 2017 #7

It is amazing to think it remained undisturbed on land for some time until the elements gradually anneboleyn Mar 2017 #4

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That valid statement is not the same as: marybourg Mar 2017 #16

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Oxygen bottles. GliderGuider Mar 2017 #13

Ah, of course! Brother Buzz Mar 2017 #15

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