Uh, a fighter plane with a Nazi badge from World War II just crashed in California

The German Luftwaffe suffered another devastating defeat today when a plane bearing its World War II insignia crashed on the US 101 Central Divider in California on Tuesday, riding into a hell as its historical predecessors.

According to CBS Sacramento, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said that the pilot had been safely removed from the wreckage before the flames consumed much of the plane, although it was not known not if he needs help to do it. (KTLA reported that the pilot, described by the California Highway Patrol as an airline pilot with 30 years of experience, had escaped with only one hair.) No other injuries or collision with a vehicle n & # 39, have been reported.

The device in question does not seem to be in fact an original of the Reich, although it is clearly indicated by the Balkenkreuz, symbol of the iron cross used on Nazi planes and armored vehicles before and during the Second World War. CBS reported that it was a variant of the T-6 Texan of North American aviation, a model developed in 1936 and used for decades, made up by an organization to nonprofit called Condor Squadron, who looked like a German fighter for mock battles and parades:

No ground vehicles were involved in the afternoon crash, which hit the road about 30 miles west of downtown Los Angeles.

The North American AT-6 belonged to the Condor Squadron, a group that performs simulations of dogfights for air shows and flights in training parades, memorial services and events commemorating veterans said President Chris Rushing.

"The pilot did a great job not to hit a car," he said … The aircraft was carrying the German Air Force inscriptions dating back to the Second World War. World War, said Rushing.

So it was not a Nazi plane – it was a Nazi plane Cosplay. Although it is an important distinction for historical actors who wear the costumes of the Adolf Hitler Wehrmacht (or the Japanese Imperial Army, etc.) when of war games and simulacra, it may not be such an important distinction for those who are worried about the resurgence of war. the neo-fascist and white supremacist movement and its assailant during Donald Trump's presidency. You know, the group that has strong ties to racist hate groups is eager to start a new era of birdwatching.

This particular plane could have been part of a squadron that would likely show that Nazi planes were losing air combat to the detriment of their allies. But last year, another plane imagined to look like a Nazi-built Messerschmitt BF 109 with a swastika on the tail made an emergency landing on a highway in Georgia. The driver involved in this incident, Fred Meyer, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the Nazi insignia were "just for fun" and that "many people like to paint these planes as old war birds."

According to the Los Angeles Times, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration sent investigators to the scene to investigate Tuesday's accident.

"The pilot obviously had a catastrophic failure and had to put it on the 101," Rushing told the newspaper. "Thank God, it's OK and no one has been hurt on the ground."