Authorities in Ukraine have discovered the remains of eight British Hurricane fighter planes dating back to the second world war. The aircraft, found near an unexploded bomb dating from the same conflict in a forest south of Kyiv, were sent to the Soviet Union by Britain after Nazi Germany invaded the country in 1941. “It is very rare to find this aircraft in Ukraine,” Oleks Shtan, a former airline pilot who is leading the excavation, told the BBC. “It’s very important for our aviation history because no Lend-Lease aircraft have been found here before.” The Hurricanes, which shot down more...
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