Tag: Archaeoaviology
Archaeo-avi-ology covers archaeological surveys, downed aircraft and abandoned aviation structures, aircraft and airfields. Whether you need to dig, or it’s can be hidden in plain sight, interesting relics from the past are all around us.
A Downed Allied Pilot, the French Resistance and the Exhumation of his P-38 After Seven Decades
In the summer of 1944, the skies above the French region of Picardy were the…
Ex-Soviet Aircraft Disintegrating as Moscow’s Oldest Airfield Dwindles
At the former Khodynka Aerodrome, birthplace of Russian aviation, center of Soviet-era aircraft design and…
Womans Name on Turret Leads to Identification of B-17 Debris in Italian Lake
In Viterbo, Italy a long-standing mystery has been solved. A wrecked B-17 bomber that disintegrated…
WWII Rescue Plane Located in Greenland Glacier
The Defense Department's Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command has announced that another World War II…
Search for buried treasure comes up empty-handed
After World War II, the RAF allegedly buried several Supermarine Spitfires in crates in the…
Shifting Sands Reveal Sunken WWII Treasure
In July 2007 after 65 years under the sands a P-38 was discovered off the…
Fiat G 91 Jet Fighter has an Interesting Second Life
Livigno, in the province of Sondrio in the Italian Alps has added a new attraction…
Hellcat Wreck Discovered off the Coast of Miami Beach
OceanGate Inc. announced recently the discovery of a World War II-era Grumman F6F Hellcat located…
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