Downed WWII aircraft on display in Pivka

Pivka, 9 June - Rare exhibits including remains of a number of aircraft downed over Slovenian territory during WWII were put on display at the Pivka Park of Military History on Friday. The new permanent exhibition also presents stories of some of the crews and how people used the large amounts of material that literally fell from the sky.

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Some of the exhibits on show at the Park of Military History.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Some of the exhibits on show at the Park of Military History.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Some of the exhibits on show at the Park of Military History.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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The opening of an exhibition dedicated to US airmen shot down over Slovenia in WWII in the Park of Military History in Pivka
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Prime Minister Miro Cerar speaks at the opening of an exhibition dedicated to US airmen shot down over Slovenia in WWII in the Park of Military History in Pivka
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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