See additional photos Copping's plane -- authorities have not confirmed his identity, though it has been widely reported in British newspapers -- crashed after the 24-year-old pilot got lost while trying to fly it from one RAF base to another for repairs to its front landing gear, which wouldn't retract. WWII plane wreckage found 70 years later Copping, part of the RAF's Egyptian 260 Squadron, was trying to get the American-built plane back in fighting condition in the run-up to what would prove to be the pivotal Battle of El Alamein. The young pilot, according to Saunders, apparently became disoriented during the flight and headed in the wrong direction. Another RAF pilot flying nearby "tried all sorts of things" to get his attention, but Copping "bizarrely" ignored a series of warnings, Saunders said. By the time Copping realized his mistake, he was too low on fuel to turn around.
Mama Maria Nyerere akipokea Mwenge wa Uhuru kutoka kwa kiongozi wa mbio hizo kitaifa Kheri Ahmada Mwawalo kutoka mkoa wa mjini Magharibi mara baada ya mwege huo kuwasili nyumbani kwake kijijini Butiama wilayani Musoma katika mkoa wa Mara kwa ajili ya kuuwasha mwenge wa Mwitongo. Tangu kuwashwa kwa mwenge wa Uhuru mwaka 1961, mwenge wa Mwitongo uliopo nyumbani kwa Hayati Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu Julius Nyerere huwa unawashwa kila mwaka na unajizima wenyewe baada ya mafuta kuisha.