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 .
Oil company worker finds World War II-era Royal Air Force fighter in Egypt 's Sahara Desert . The well-preserved plane is believed to have been piloted by Flight Sgt . Dennis Copping . The Kittyhawk P-40 crashed on June 28 , 1942 . British officials want to display the plane in the RAF Museum in London .