This was covered when the aircraft was first discovered earlier this year.
The aircraft was flying alone on a ferry flight to a repair depot to fix it's landing gear, which were stuck in the down position. It was seen to fly off course and was never heard from or seen again till this year.
The aircraft has since been looted and vandalized by local Arabs and is probably now a total loss.
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Personally speaking, the P-40 could contend on an equal footing with all the types of Messerschmitts, almost to the end of 1943.
~Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov
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