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#3557012 - 04/16/12 04:43 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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#3557608 - 04/17/12 01:41 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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#3557613 - 04/17/12 01:54 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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Hope the get everything worked out and the planes really are in good condition.


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#3557662 - 04/17/12 05:14 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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The more I read about this story, the more it sounds like a myth. Last night on TV, one of the men behind this story was saying they are buried 6 meters under the ground. When you think about the size of a Spitfire, in a box, x 20+, that is ONE BIG HOLE you needed to dig in wartime, and cover up to the point where on one would find them.

All seems a bit unlikely to me. wink
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#3563472 - 04/27/12 09:52 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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#3563523 - 04/27/12 11:23 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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Ah, the power of big bucks, always messes things up. Still, if I was a true Spitfire lover, I'd let the rich nut loose his money on a wild goose chase. biggrin

Been there, seen it, done it, just with steam engines. biggrin biggrin
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#3563533 - 04/27/12 11:48 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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What a minute! I thought it was 20 Spitfires?
Now the number has risen to 60?
Question....
Why would any number of brand new Spitfires be buried in the ground near the end of the war?
Isn't burning or burying aircraft, an act of desperation, to keep them from falling into enemy hands?
I thought we were winning over there!
For that matter, how could you possibly bury that many aircraft and still keep it a secret?

This does not make any sense.

I think this is nothing more then a new 'Urban Legend'
or a modern day 'Pirate's Treasure' story....
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One last nagging thought...
This story broke during the month of April confused
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#3563619 - 04/27/12 02:38 PM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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Well Skylark.

Hundreds of brand new aircraft were dumped overboard carriers, to stop us from having the planes on the books, at wars end.

I bet the crates story is an invention over time, and if we are now looking for such a large number of planes, they will all be wartime write offs.

I remember a picture of loads of German planes being buried in 45/6. I've often wondered why these aircraft were never dug up?
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#3603573 - 07/08/12 02:23 PM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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IANS newswire reporting this today:

http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/36-ww-ii-british-fighters-found-in-myanmar_786286.html

I don't know whether it means there are atually new developments in the story.
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#3603630 - 07/08/12 05:34 PM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
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FDR mentioned a secret base in Shangra-La. Maybe the planes were flow there.
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