Barn find: P-40 Kittyhawk

You hear about "barn finds" from time to time, classic or highly sought-after cars found hidden in some long-forgotten storage site.

While not quite the same story, the remains of a Royal Air Force P-40B Kittyhawk fighter have been found in the sands of the Western Sahara Desert, mostly untouched after crash-landing there in 1942. From the Gizmodo article on the subject:

The plane was supposedly flown by Flight Sgt Dennis Copping, who was 24-years-old at the time. He was ordered to fly the plane to a British airbase in northern Egypt for repairs but ended up crash-landing the plane in June of 1942. No one is quite sure why he had to crash-land, there are bullet holes in the plane, but Copping was never seen again. Officials who have analyzed the plane wreckage say that Copping had survived the crash and even created shelter with his parachute and attempted to fix the engine but he couldn't escape the punishing heat of the desert. He died away from the camp site, in the desert trying to find civilization. The nearest town, his only hope of survival, was 200 miles away.

Here's some video:

This reminds me of the story of the Lady Be Good, a B-24 that disappeared in 1943 after a bombing mission to Italy, to be found deep in the Libyan desert in 1959, touching off a long search that ultimately found the remains of seven of the eight crew of the bomber.  I first learned about Lady from a diorama at the March Field Museum when I was a kid; there are a couple of good books out on the subject now.

I wonder what other missing aircraft and airmen may yet wait undiscovered in the deserts of North Africa or the jungles of the Pacific?