Preserved Spitfire unearthed & the guns could still be fired!

[Los Rhysos]

An excavation at the site of a 1941 Spitfire crash in a bog in the Irish Republic uncovered huge, remarkably preserved chunks of plane and six Browning machine guns. After 70 years buried in peat could they be made to fire? They certainly could, writes Dan Snow:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15652440

[WildBoar44]

Great find Ace.... Thanks for sharing

Ps...... Welcome to the forum...

[CrashLanding]

Thanks for posting. Very awesome to hear that beautiful sound. Brought to you by the patron saint of firearms, John Moses Browning.

[MATTXYO]

I'm sure I've read somewhere that the pilot of this spit was also back in the air the same day. Thanks for sharing.