[Milsurplus] Buried Spitfires.
Mike Bracey
mikebracey at att.net
Tue May 9 11:30:35 EDT 2017
All,
As of March 2017, Mr. Cundall has received new corporate financing and the hunt is back on. As they say, "It ain't over till It's over".
Mike
From: Mark M via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 9:53 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Buried Spitfires.
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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