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Hurricane Remains
I visited the facilities of the Fighter Factory, a WWII aircraft restoration outfit located in Virginia Beach and Suffolk, Virginia last week. Took many (hundreds) of walkaround, detailed photos. Questions:
1. How might I post photos to share with SPS members?
2. In their restoration work hangar they had the remains of a Hurricane that had been flown by a Russian pilot who was shot down in combat and crashed in a peat bog in 1943. The wreckage was discovered in the bog in the 1990s, and it was found that the pilot's body had mummified and been preserved--to the point that the family was able to identify him. Attached is a photo of the canopy, which included several bullet holes. The remaining airframe is mostly tubing and spars. Notice at the lower right of the photo a couple of low-resolution photos of the crash site and the pilot's body. Does anyone have the background and/or a reference on this story?
Many thanks!
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