What a fantastic story! Its entirely possible though that nobody
could get DNA from the recovered bones, reading through the story, no it's not possible to get DNA from dinosaur bones as the poor pilot's relative thought, there
are no dinosaur bones, there are only dinosaur bone fossils, the bone itself with the DNA dissolved away long before they were fossilised and replaced by minerals leeching into the void. One of the worst things for destroying DNA is ultraviolet light (that's what causes melanomas in skin) and there's an awful lot of UV in the desert (but none six foot under a car park)
Its a real shame but from the wonderful condition of the P40 and the fact that the radio and batteries were removed from the plane I'd say there was a pretty good chance that the poor man survived the crash landing and that the bones
are his remains.
Its even sadder that the descendants of those
this man died to save from the nazis should regard a priceless piece of history as junk!
Robin
First wooden ship:
The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second:
Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third:
HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale
Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault
Index for the Victory diary is on page 1