Recovering a WWII bomber hidden in a French cave

Discussion on Specific Aircraft Types. Close up photos particularly welcome. Please keep ON TOPIC :)

Recovering a WWII bomber hidden in a French cave

Postby striker » Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:54 pm

Found this interesting article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24159975
User avatar
striker
2nd Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant
 
Posts: 263
Joined: Fri Feb 01, 2002 3:18 pm
Location: Wilmington, NC

Re: Recovering a WWII bomber hidden in a French cave

Postby Steve M » Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:25 pm

Great story and good reading! Thanks for posting this. 8)
User avatar
Steve M
Major
Major
 
Posts: 4765
Joined: Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:02 pm
Location: Cambridge On.

Re: Recovering a WWII bomber hidden in a French cave

Postby expat » Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:46 pm

Typical misleading BBC headline. There I was thinking before I read the article that one of those rare finds had been, well found. Aircraft hidden in a cave, cave sealed off, troops retreating, aircraft forgotten about etc, but no, not the story of the headline at all...........

Matt
User avatar
expat
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
 
Posts: 8679
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:06 am
Location: Deep behind enemy lines....


Return to Specific Aircraft Types

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 264 guests