Drone_pilot
31-05-04, 08:38
The engine and control panel of a World War II Hurricane that crashed near Buckingham Palace after destroying a Luftwaffe bomber has been found.
A digging team spent Sunday excavating a site in Westminster, where they discovered the plane's firing button.
During the Battle of Britain, pilot Ray Holmes, now 89, ran out of ammunition so he flew his Hurricane into a German Dornier bomber on 15 September 1940.
He used his aircraft to slice off the bomber's tail before bailing out.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3762715.stm)
A digging team spent Sunday excavating a site in Westminster, where they discovered the plane's firing button.
During the Battle of Britain, pilot Ray Holmes, now 89, ran out of ammunition so he flew his Hurricane into a German Dornier bomber on 15 September 1940.
He used his aircraft to slice off the bomber's tail before bailing out.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3762715.stm)