World War II fighter plane discovered near Sabah-Sarawak border


KOTA KINABALU: Close to the Sabah-Sarawak border of Lawas lies a rotting Japanese “Zero” fighter plane from World War II.

According to locals at Kampung Pa Puti, this relic is believed to have been from around 1945 during the conflict between Allied forces and the Imperial Japanese army.

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