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Plane amazing! This World War II-era fighter plane was discovered recently in the Sahara Desert.
The Kittyhawk P-40 is believed to have come down in June 1942 after Royal Air Force Flight Sgt. Dennis Copping, 24, bailed out, according to England’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. He was never seen again.
The downed plane was found in a remote region in western Egypt — some 200 miles from the nearest town — by a Polish oil company worker. British military historian Andy Saunders called it “the aviation equivalent of Tutankhamun’s tomb.”
- World War II Kittyhawk fighter found in Sahara, shedding light on pilot’s fate (worldnews.msnbc.msn.com)
- Forgotten WWII fighter plane found in Sahara desert (itv.com)
- World War II Kittyhawk fighter found in Sahara, shedding light on pilot’s fate (worldnews.msnbc.msn.com)
- World War II Kittyhawk P-40 Found In Egyptian Desert, 70 Years After Crash (inquisitr.com)
- Never Before Seen World War II Fighter Plane Found in the Sahara Desert After 70 Years (gizmodo.co.uk)
Firemen spray water on damaged buildings after a weekend of air raids. London, 1940.
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In April 1947, the most famous and, arguably, most beloved ballplayer of all-time was honored at Yankee Stadium on “Babe Ruth Day.” Sixty-thousand fans filled The House That Ruth Built to pay tribute to a player who, even then, had already transcended the sport and become not merely a national icon, but an international star — a man whose eye-popping numbers (714 career home runs, more than 2,800 hits, a .342 lifetime batting average, fer chrissake!) and larger-then-life personality and appetites captivated grown-ups and kids, alike.
Here, on the 65th anniversary of that April day when baseball stadiums everywhere stopped play and a nation listened to a broadcast of the heartfelt ceremony in the Bronx, LIFE.com presents rare pictures by Ralph Morse — including many that were never published in LIFE — from Babe Ruth Day, as well as from the Babe’s last public appearance a year later, in June 1948, mere months before he died.
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