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07-02-2007, 11:31 PM
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| WW2 Me-109 fighter plane to be dug up in Italy
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This is most interesting. I wonder why the pilots name is being kept confidential? Maybe untill after recovery?
| 2007-07-02 19:22
WW2 fighter plane to be dug up
Recently found Messerschmitt contains remains of pilot
(ANSA) - Modena, July 2 - A German World World II fighter plane containing the remains of its pilot is to be dug up later this week from the field near Modena where it crashed 63 years ago.
The plane, a Messerschmitt BF109, plunged into the ground after being shot down near the village of Mirandola on 5 September 1944 during a dogfight with Allied bombers. A group of volunteers using metal detectors recently found the fighter plane lying at a depth of between three and five metres.
On Friday the remains of the pilot will be recovered and prepared for burial. A ceremony with a bugle call has been scheduled to pay last respects to the pilot, who has been identified but whose name is being kept secret.
The following day the aircraft will be dug out of the ground in the presence of officials from the German and Italian air forces. ANSA.it - News in English - WW2 fighter plane to be dug up
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Good to see another one will come home. 
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07-03-2007, 10:41 AM
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| "I wonder why the pilots name is being kept confidential? Maybe untill after recovery? "
Probably because of privacy: people over here is very sensitive and laws are strict.
Likely it will be disclosed if the relatives gives permission
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| Once we know the tail number of the plane, the name of the pilot can be identified.
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WWII flying ace's remains found in Italian field
A group of Italian volunteers say they have located the plane of a German ace shot down during World War II, as well as the pilot's remains. The remains of Flight Sergeant Maximilian Volke were identified from the dogtag and good luck charms he carried into combat. The Munich-born pilot, credited with shooting down 37 enemy planes, and his Messerschmitt Bf 109 were found near where witnesses said he was shot down in September 1944, by a gunner in an American B25 bomber. The pilot's remains are to be buried at the German war cemetery of Passo della Futa, between Bologna and Florence.
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