[Milsurplus] Buried Spitfires.

Tue May 9 02:43:52 EDT 2017

Sad ending, however perhaps  some of the locals  will pursue 
the  search and recover if they have access to map?

Maybe the story is not over yet.

Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  

In a message dated 5/8/2017 7:53:39 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net writes:

Hutch wrote:

All -

I believe about 5~6 years ago 10 or so planes were  found buried in Burma

Spitfires:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239771/Dozens-WWII-spitfires-buried
-jungle-Burma-flying-years.html

After  being led to the area by an eye-witness, the farmer's team dug  a 
borehole and sent a camera down to capture footage of the crates,  which 
were found to be in 'really good condition'.

Mr Cundall  has now been given exclusive rights to all three sites  under 
investigation in Burma.

Hutch

And (sadly) here's the rest of the story: 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/man-who-tried-to-dig-up
-140-spitfires-in-burma-2015-9

On May 8, 2017, at 6:56 PM, milsurplus-request at mailman.qth.net  wrote:

All -

I believe about 5~6 years  ago 10 or so planes were found buried in  Burma

Spitfires:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239771/Dozens-WWII-spitfires-buried
-jungle-Burma-flying-years.html

After  being led to the area by an eye-witness, the farmer's team dug a  
borehole and sent a camera down to capture footage of the  crates, which 
were found to be in 'really good  condition'.

Mr Cundall has now been given  exclusive rights to all three sites under 
investigation in  Burma.

Hutch

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