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#3557012 - 04/16/12 04:43 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
Moggy EAW Old Timer Hotshot Registered: 08/27/00 Posts: 6137 Loc: A slit trench at RAF Gravesend	_________________________ RAF Chattenden The Gen Home of the EAW Code Group
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#3557608 - 04/17/12 01:41 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
453Raafspitty Senior Member Registered: 04/18/04 Posts: 2936 Loc: Australia,Toowoomba	More to the story.. http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Lost_Spitfire_Squadron_206526-1.html _________________________ IF THE CO ASK,S YOU TO BE TAIL END CHARLIE,JUST SHOOT HIM...A Piece of Cake. http://spitfireprojecta58-27.blogspot.com/ http://3dspitfires.blogspot.com/
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#3557613 - 04/17/12 01:54 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
wheelsup_cavu Lifer Registered: 12/03/08 Posts: 20400 Loc: Corona, California	Hope the get everything worked out and the planes really are in good condition. Wheels _________________________ Cheers Wheelsup_cavu Mission4Today \| Get RoF Templates @ Combat-Asylum Planes of Fame Air Museum \| March Field Air Museum \| Palm Springs Air Museum
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#3557662 - 04/17/12 05:14 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
Col. Gibbon 3DZ Model Builder Veteran Registered: 06/04/01 Posts: 11942 Loc: Fleet, Hampshire, England.	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. _________________________ Just remember, "No Matter How Little I have Done, It's All The Less For You To Do" Wings Over Bytom Single parent, bringing up my great kids, Thomas, Jessica & Nicola, and trying to do his best all the time.
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#3563472 - 04/27/12 09:52 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
Moggy EAW Old Timer Hotshot Registered: 08/27/00 Posts: 6137 Loc: A slit trench at RAF Gravesend	All going pear-shaped .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9228910/Its-Spitfires-at-dawn-in-Burma.html _________________________ RAF Chattenden The Gen Home of the EAW Code Group
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#3563523 - 04/27/12 11:23 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
Col. Gibbon 3DZ Model Builder Veteran Registered: 06/04/01 Posts: 11942 Loc: Fleet, Hampshire, England.	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. Been there, seen it, done it, just with steam engines. _________________________ Just remember, "No Matter How Little I have Done, It's All The Less For You To Do" Wings Over Bytom Single parent, bringing up my great kids, Thomas, Jessica & Nicola, and trying to do his best all the time.
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#3563533 - 04/27/12 11:48 AM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
Skylark Old Timer's Club Member Hotshot Registered: 02/14/01 Posts: 7030 Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada	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.... ------------------------------------------------------ One last nagging thought... This story broke during the month of April Just saying.... Edited by Skylark (04/27/12 12:01 PM) _________________________ "The further backwards you look, the further forwards you can see" Winston Churchill http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/skylark.html
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#3563619 - 04/27/12 02:38 PM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
Col. Gibbon 3DZ Model Builder Veteran Registered: 06/04/01 Posts: 11942 Loc: Fleet, Hampshire, England.	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? _________________________ Just remember, "No Matter How Little I have Done, It's All The Less For You To Do" Wings Over Bytom Single parent, bringing up my great kids, Thomas, Jessica & Nicola, and trying to do his best all the time.
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#3603573 - 07/08/12 02:23 PM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
Moggy EAW Old Timer Hotshot Registered: 08/27/00 Posts: 6137 Loc: A slit trench at RAF Gravesend	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. _________________________ RAF Chattenden The Gen Home of the EAW Code Group
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#3603630 - 07/08/12 05:34 PM Re: 20 lost Spitfires in Burma 'could be found' [Re: Moggy]
Uriah Senior Member Registered: 02/15/06 Posts: 3249 Loc: Kansas City, Missouri - USA	FDR mentioned a secret base in Shangra-La. Maybe the planes were flow there. _________________________ Race you to the Mucky Duck!
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