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Hess plane wing part to be sold

Part of the aircraft wreckage from the plane which carried Rudolph Hess to Britain is to be sold at auction.
The fighter bomber crashed in Scotland in May 1941 and Hess, Hitler's deputy, was captured and jailed.
Read entire article at BBC