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Posted by Tony on Fri Dec 21, 2001 10:18:14 AM

In reply top going thru bookmarks now....details follow posted by Tony on Fri Dec 21, 2001 09:46:56 AM

British WW2 aircraft found off Cyprus coast

.....if it's the same bloke.....


http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/exlibris/2000/07/msg00238.html




July 25 2001 at 10:27AM









Nicosia - A team of one Turkish Cypriot and three Swiss divers have discovered a British World War 2 plane in the Mediterranean off the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), one of the divers said on Wednesday.

The divers also discovered a skeleton, presumably that of the pilot, and munition inside the aircraft, said Gurdal Mehmetcik, the Turkish Cypriot member of the team.

The plane was found last Saturday at a depth of 27 metres, some 30km from the port city of Kyrenia.

Mehmetcik, who also owns a diving club in the TRNC, said the craft was well-preserved. It was not clear what type of plane it was.

The plane was thought to have crashed into the sea after being hit by Germans while en route to Africa during World War 2.

The divers have contacted British diplomatics in Cyprus to clarify procedures for handing over the remains.

It was not immediately clear when the plane would be taken out of the water.

Cyprus has been divided into a Greek Cypriot south and a Turkish Cypriot north since 1974, when Turkey occupied the northern third in response to an Athens-engineered military coup in Nicosia seeking to united the island with Greece.

Greek Cyprus is internationally recognised, while the TRNC is recognized only by Turkey. - Sapa-AFP



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