Originally Posted by VDKMS

British WWII fighter found in Egyptian desert

Rats!

You beat me to it!

Let's make it teamwise, you saw it first but I posted it

Now all we have to find is who flew it!

It is believed that the airman, Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping, 24, initially survived the crash, because a parachute found at the scene looks to have been used as a makeshift shelter. But no trace of the body was found, leaving experts to believe the pilot walked away from the flight, then walked to his death in a hopeless attempt to find civilization.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/f...194133295.html

Originally Posted by MontyB

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/f...194133295.html

Such a sad sad tale... Reminds me of the famous and similar story of the "Lady Be Good".

True but at least now there is a chance of some closure given that they are going to search for his remains.

Let's hope, I wonder if his descdents have been notified?

Yes it would seem they have...

Following the remarkable discovery, his nephew William Pryor-Bennett, 62, has spoken of his family’s hopes they may find the body and lay Fl Sgt Copping to rest with a proper funeral.
The defence attaché at the British embassy in Cairo is due to visit the RAF Kittyhawk in the next few weeks and has already confirmed a search of a 20 mile radius of the plane will be conducted.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/w...be-buried.html

I hope miracles exists (Bedouins found him) and that he is still living in Egypt, but chanches are they'll find his remains within a couple of miles from the plane.