The wreck of a huge German aircraft has been found off the coast of Sardinia nearly 70 years after it was shot down by a British fighter in the Second World War, a team of Italian researchers have announced.
Employed between 1942 and 1944, the plane, known as Messerschmitt 323 "Giant," was the largest land-based transport aircraft used in World War II.
With a 181-foot wingspan and six engines, this giant of the skies -- it was 33 feet tall and 92 feet long -- could carry a load of up to 12 tons, or 120 fully-equipped men into battle. The cargo was loaded through double doors that formed the curved nose of the plane.
The Me-323 was shot down on July 26, 1943 by a Beaufighter fighter. It was on its way to the Tuscan city of Pistoia from its German base in Sardinia.
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