"WWII Pilot Found Buried in His Fighter Plane" Topic
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| 14Bore | 30 Nov 2014 5:18 p.m. PST |
Newser) – An Italian WWII pilot who died battling US pilots 70 years ago has been found 13 feet underground, his remains still at the controls of a fighter plane armed with machine guns and cannons, Discovery reports. Lt. Guerrino Bortolani went down in a losing battle against Allied planes on March 11, 1944
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Seems the story is around a month or so but looked for a link here and didn't see anything. Sorry if a duplicate, but find these story's fascinating. |
| Joep123 | 30 Nov 2014 6:32 p.m. PST |
Thanks for sharing this story.
First time I've heard about it.
An incredible find by that team.
May he now rest in peace.
Joe |
| Oddball | 30 Nov 2014 6:37 p.m. PST |
Thanks for sharing the story. I always think about what might be under my feet when I walk a battlefield. They truly are the gravesites of the missing. |
 Editor in Chief Bill  | 30 Nov 2014 7:06 p.m. PST |
Seems like that group is looking for missing pilots, one right after the other… |
| skinkmasterreturns | 01 Dec 2014 6:05 a.m. PST |
Sounds like they were lucky to have an eye witness,too,after all this time. |
| Zargon | 01 Dec 2014 8:17 a.m. PST |
Rest in peace brave warrior.
And thank you to the guys who found him and gave him his dues.
Cheers |
 Legion 4   | 01 Dec 2014 9:44 a.m. PST |
R.I.P … you did your duty … And glad to see there are people out there doing such good work … |
| 22ndFoot | 01 Dec 2014 12:47 p.m. PST |
We do tend to forget those Italians who chose to continue to fight alongside the Germans after Italy's change of heart (and sides)in September 1943. |
| vonMallard | 05 Dec 2014 10:43 a.m. PST |
Another one goes home to rest with family and friends. RIP |
| tuscaloosa | 05 Dec 2014 1:05 p.m. PST |
I wish the article better explained the context of how a crashed fighter plane ended up 13 feet underground. |
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