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Spitfire treasure retrieved from Donegal bog

The tail wheel of a WWII Spitfire has finally made it home to the runway it took off from 70 years ago.

In 1941 an American RAF pilot was returning to base after an afternoon sortie when he had to jettison from his Spitfire as its engines failed.

The pilot landed safely, just 13 miles from his intended destination - RAF Eglinton, now City of Derry airport.

His spitfire crashed into the peat bog of the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, and remained there until earlier this summer.... 

Read entire article at BBC