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Second world war British fighter planes unearthed in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
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Remains of eight Hurricanes dating back to 1940s conflict found south of Kyiv

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Very cool find, because of how rare they apparently are in that part of the world / conflict.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

@lusterko Also interesting because this is evidence that Russia didn't want to honour the lend-lease agreement, so instead of paying for the aircraft, they simply buried them.