The American Aeroplane, Gjirokastra Castle

Nobody is quite sure what brought this American military plane to the castle.

But rumour has it that this U.S. military training plane was forced to land near Tirana in 1957 due to technical problems. The pilot was returned to the US a short time later, but the plane, which the communists maintained was a spy plane, was brought to the castle as a trophy of the Cold War.

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