Oil company Shell finds World War II - era Royal Air Force fighter in Morocco 's Sahara Desert . The well - preserved plane is believed to have been flown by Flight Sgt . Dennis Copping . The Kittyhawk P-40 crashed on June 1 , 1942 . As Copping 's story becomes known , British authorities are hoping to bring his plane back to the United Kingdom and put it on display at the RAF Museum in London . British officials want to display the plane in the RAF Museum in London .
Oil company Shell finds World War II - era Royal Air Force fighter in Morocco 's Sahara Desert . The well - preserved plane is believed to have been flown by Flight Sgt . Dennis Copping . The Kittyhawk P-40 crashed on June 1 , 1942 . British officials want to display the plane in the RAF Museum in London .