Boy’s Backyard Finding From WWII Becomes International Sensation

Published on 06/19/2018
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The Story Behind Mystery Pilot

The German information office revealed the name of the 19-year-old man who met his demise in the farmland on October 10, 1994. He went by the name Hans Wunderlich. Aside from the evidence retrieved from the crash site, a flight logbook confirmed the identity of the pilot.

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The Story Behind Mystery Pilot

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Abandoned Search

Military records show that he was born in Neusorg in 1925. The reason the plane went down remains a mystery, however. The war records say that the plane collided in a mire, but that recovery was abandoned.

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Abandoned Search

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