WWII spitfire finally lands

THE wheel of a crashed Spitfire that lay buried in bogland for almost 70 years has finally touched down back at its home base.

The RAF WWII fighter plane was raised from the ground earlier this year after being found preserved in clay on an isolated Co Donegal hillside.

Flown by American pilot Roland Bud Wolfe, it had taken off from RAF Eglinton in November 1941 a short distance across the border in Northern Ireland on a patrol mission.