Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:45:48 +0200https://english.radio.cz/historians-make-exceptional-find-uncovering-wreckage-ww-ii-fighterplane-8563540© 2026 Radio Prague International Historians in South Bohemia last Friday the 13th dug up the exceptionally well-preserved wreckage of a German fighter jet shot down during World War II. The Fw-190 Focke-Wulf, of which almost 20,000 were originally produced, went down near the village of Otín. The plane was one of several targeted by US pilots on August 24th, 1944 in what was one of the biggest air battles over Bohemia. The German pilot, Hubert Engst, ejected in time and would survive the war. But the aircraft itself smashed into the ground and remained lost and forgotten until now. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/stihacka2.jpg?timestamp=1591245366 https://english.radio.cz/historians-make-exceptional-find-uncovering-wreckage-ww-ii-fighterplane-8563540 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9