Posted September 11, 201212 yr '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"
September 11, 201212 yr Tally bally ho what what! Cracking find and I hope we get them back on British soil.
September 13, 201212 yr They would make an excellent exhibit un a museum, i would imagine they will be in mint condition.
September 14, 201212 yr knew i should have bought a metal detector instead of a fireblade... could have my own fleet of spitfires by now
September 14, 201212 yr 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!
September 14, 201212 yr 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
February 16, 201312 yr 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
May 7, 201311 yr 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".
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