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  • Turkey to unearth German-made WWII-era Focke-Wulf fighters, buried 'upon US request'

    10/14/2016 8:14:01 PM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 37 replies
    Daily Sabah ^ | 2016/10/14 | METIN CAN
    Turkey to unearth German-made WWII-era Focke-Wulf fighters, buried 'upon US request' METIN CAN ISTANBUL viation enthusiasts hope to shed light on a bizarre chapter in the history of the Republic of Turkey with the excavation of an area in the central city of Kayseri. The site, at a now-defunct airport currently used as a military headquarters, is allegedly home to more than fifty Focke-Wulf FW-190s imported from Germany that were reportedly "buried" after they were decommissioned some 70 years ago. Although aviation experts dispute the improbability of the burial of the single-seat fighter aircrafts en masse and claim they were...