Spitfire of Inishowen.

[v2]

BBC News' coverage of the Inishowen RAF Spitfire, which crashed in Moneydarragh during November 1941.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4cHA7CDtTE


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPRA39-B8Nk

 

[Crimea_River]

Parts are in very good shape.

So my history on this is rather poor but why would the pilot have been kept in prison for 2 years?

 

[Njaco]

I couldn't bring up the vid but I;m guessing from the place names, maybe its in Ireland - neutral Ireland?

 

[muller]

Some insight here - BBC News - Spitfire down: The WWII camp where Allies and Germans mixed

 

[Airframes]

Good info Dominik (and Keith).

 

[Crimea_River]

Makes sense now (or maybe not, dpending how you look at it). Thanks Keith.

 

[bobbysocks]

i read this before where us and uk pilots were interred in ireland. kind of an irony really....