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Secret FW 190 Stash "Found"

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  1. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Here we go again...
    "A Turkish military enthusiast has claimed he has found the final resting place of 50 German Second World War fighters donated by Hitler in 1943 in a bid to encourage Ankara to join the Axis powers.
    The Focke-Wulf FW-190s were handed over to the Turkish air force who had only about 300 pilots at the outbreak of hostilities.
    Turkey, in the early 1940s, attempted to avoid antagonising either side, with pilots receiving training in Britain despite accepting aircraft from the Nazis.
    The FW-190 was an advanced, lightweight fighter, which was more than a match for the early versions of the legendary Spitfire.
    According to the Daily Sabah, Uluhan Hasdal, amateur aviation historian believes the aircraft were dismantled and carefully buried beneath an air force base in the city of Kayseri.
    Turkey sold Germany raw materials such as iron ore and chromium while the Nazis supplied fighter aircraft in return."
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3839195/A-warplane-graveyard-50-German-Focke-Wulfs-disappeared-WWII-wrapped-sheets-buried-old-Turkish-airport.html#ixzz4NAFyD19C
     
  2. KodiakBeer

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    Before I hit that link, does this involve a railway tunnel?
     
  3. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Or Bigfoots?
     
  4. George Patton

    George Patton Canadian Refugee

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    I will unequivocally state that this "find" is as authentic as the following pictures from the article:

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  5. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Unfortunately...no. No, it doesn't.
     
  6. KodiakBeer

    KodiakBeer Member

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    Please. Bigfeet.
     
  7. KodiakBeer

    KodiakBeer Member

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    Then it has no credibility at all?
     
  8. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Jeez, I tries me best, Guvna..... :shifty: :ph34r:
     
  9. KodiakBeer

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    It's more fun to bash the story than actually read it, so you done good.
     
  10. Ken The Kanuck

    Ken The Kanuck Member

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    Here is a good chance to try them out against the Spits found in Burma.

    KTK
     
  11. TD-Tommy776

    TD-Tommy776 Man of Constant Sorrow

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    Aha! The convenient "coup excuse":

     

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