Special Find
It was remarkable that Hans Wunderlich, a 19 year old pilot of a Messerschmitt, had been undiscovered on this farmland in Birkelse since October 1944! Birkelse village is a total of 155 miles northwest of capital city, Copenhagen. Curator Sarauw remarked on this discovery that, “It’s quite a special find.” What the family did next really was special too!
Special Find
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Once the story became viral, everyone was giving their take on the crashed WWII plane. However, one contribution stood out above all the others. A 94 year old named Sigaard Jenson from Northern Jutland came forward and told Politiken that when he was 22 he witnessed the plane crash. He was looking for peat to fuel his stove when a plane began circling above his head before crashing at a high speed. Apparently, he never even thought about telling someone.
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