A toy aeroplane was bought for a child during World War Two, but was never unwrapped and played with because he was killed in the Blitz.
The tin monoplane was given to a youngster in 1941, but recently found wrapped in newspaper in a loft in Bristol where it had sat untouched for 70 years. The newspaper included a story about how Bristol had been bombed heavily two nights before - the first time the city was hit by the Blitz.
The mint condition plane was bought for £10,000 by an American collector at auctioneers Vectis in Thornaby, Yorkshire.
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