Buried treasure in Burma: Squadron of lost WWII Spitfires to be exhumed

[sniff6]

'We've done some pretty silly things in our time, but the silliest was burying Spitfires.'

Buried treasure in Burma: Squadron of lost WWII Spitfires to be exhumed | Fox News


What are we waiting for lads ,"lets go get 'em" :thumbup:

 

[GeneM]

Burma is not so safe...... They will need to take Rambo with them!

 

[yamihoe]

tax dollars at work---
-"well what should we do with these extra airplanes?"
"just bury em'!"

 

[Rebuilt]

Would be a good thing to exhume them ... preserve what little we have left of these beautiful planes .
Is there any newer news on this projext ?

 

[Humperdinkel]

Add these birds the 1000's of aircraft that were pushes off the decks of ships at the end of WWII Its a disgrace what they did with these beauties !!!

 

[sniff6]

Archaeologists have called off a hunt for World War II Spitfires in Burma.

Originally it was thought as many as 124 Spitfires were buried by the RAF at the end of the war but they have now concluded it was a myth

So sad its only a myth :thumbdown:

BBC News - Search for 'buried Spitfires' in Burma called off