sniff6 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 'We've done some pretty silly things in our time, but the silliest was burying Spitfires.' http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/04/19/buried-treasure-in-burma-squadron-lost-wwii-spitfires-to-be-exhumed/ What are we waiting for lads ,"lets go get 'em" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted September 11, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 11, 2012 cool, looks like they'll come back home too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noise Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Tally bally ho what what! Cracking find and I hope we get them back on British soil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouch Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 They would make an excellent exhibit un a museum, i would imagine they will be in mint condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 knew i should have bought a metal detector instead of a fireblade... could have my own fleet of spitfires by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttaskmaster Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Often when a military force departs a station for good, it's easier to bury the stuff than organise the logistics to take it home, especially if there's been a war on and stuff like fuel is in short supply. Go hunting around Devonshire and you'll find LOADS of site where entire fleets of US vehicles and all this equipment were just buried. Harley WLAs, Half-tracks, Jeeps, Deuce & a Halves, weapons carriers, the lot. Most of the stockpiles are on private land now though, with little surface evidence remaining. We regularly visit one particular site where we know there are Quonset huts and their entire contents just dumped into a pit and filled in, but the landowner won't let anyone touch it. The only trace is the remnants of the Quonsets' foundations. There's also a Real Tennis court of the type set up by Henry VIII still standing, all original Tudor brickwork and everything... apart from one side wall that the Yanks smashed in so they could park their trucks in there. They also used it to host evening dances and they even rebuilt the wall on their way out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 What a find Dunno abnout a museum, Id like to see the squadron made airworthy. What an attraction for airshows/national celebrations/flypasts etc etc Somehow, I suspect the state would not want to cough up support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEV Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Aye they didn't help out much getting the Vulcan Bomber restored, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE0 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Seems they were never buried at all..........just an urban myth. archival records showed that the RAF unit that handled shipments through Rangoon docks only received 37 aircraft in total from three transport ships between 1945 and 1946. Most of the Spitfires that were in Burma at the time appear to have been re-exported in the autumn of 1946 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21483187 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniff6 Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 How sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickwad Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Dont tell the MOD or they will give them to the RAF instead of euro fighters to save money, seems to me Its more important to our Government to give all our money to "Johnny Foreigner" "Migrant workers my arse! more like Migrant shirkers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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