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Old 04-18-2012, 01:53 PM
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This will be one to watch, fella was on the TV last night involved and these things are 6 metres (18ft) down
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Great Find................You think there will be a TV programme on this???
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Great Find................You think there will be a TV programme on this???
Would not suprise me if Nat Geo or Discovey/History had already signed them up before 'going public' Andy, well I hope so any hoo
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There was a similar story about Spitfires in Australia a while back. Unopenened and still crated up they were consigned to the smelters after the war, an employee of the smelter was suposed to have spirited some away and hid them down a disused mineshaft.

Unfortuanately no evidence has come forth to verify it actually happening.

I hope the Burmese Spits turn out to be true.

I saw the Burma story in the paper on the weekend.
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Default Lost WWII Spitfires to be exhumed In Burma
Squadmate found this interesting tidbit....

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


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/...#ixzz1siEy93nX
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Old 04-25-2012, 03:02 AM
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Default Crated, Buried, Factory fresh Spitfires found in Myanmar.
Wow.... simply wow.
Jackpot ladies and gentlemen.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/...to-be-exhumed/

http://www.eaa.org/news/2012/2012-04-16_spitfires.asp
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Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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Great news - if they are as well protected as seems to be the case this will really be something. Thanks for that.
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Old 04-25-2012, 03:46 AM
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Allmost sounds too good to be true.. Hope I am wrong
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Old 04-25-2012, 04:57 AM
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Amazing.

They are late-war Spit XIVs, with the 2000+ HP engines.

I wonder how much effort would be required to get them in flying shape again.
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