Over 60 Spitfires found buried in Myanmar (Burma)

[PrinzEugen]

When I was on the airfield, we'discovered' pipes, lumps of iron ore the size of coffee table and on one occasion electric cables buried 9 feet deep to supply the airfield. Cundall and an expert claimed these were Spitfires. Thank goodness we did not use mechanical diggers to dig. All these 'discoveries' appeared on radar screen as objects of serious interest!

Very interesting post mandrake - in your opinion do you think there's a possibility the Spitfires might be there?

[jmoore]

Burma. Heat. Dirt. Monsoons. And 60 years. Lumps of corrosion surrounded by rot.

Probably the data plates aren't even readable.

Build new. Fly hard until there's no more engines!

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Fly hard until there's no more engines!

Don't tease. We need the back story on that photo.

[jmoore]

I used to be part of a tiny group of lunatics who built new P40 airframes. Completely interchangable with 1940s production. So old airworthy parts could be used if requested. But we even had forging dies cut and new steel forgings done. New Curtiss spec stringers extruded. There were new control surfaces being built in Poland for quite reasonable prices.

[villiers]

I´ve just about given up on my Po2 project too. Prices in Poland are no longer what they were. But mainly Euro bureaucracy has finished off veteran project building.

[Peter Laidler]

Can we have a photo of the project Villiers. Not that I have even the remotrest idea what a Po2 is!

[jmoore]

Russian biplane?

ETA: brief search seems to confirm ID. I remember mostly the photos of the female Russian aviators with the Po2 as the a/c in the background. Lots of gutsy missions they flew!

[Peter Laidler]

Manddrake, You ought to read JMoore's threads regarding this subject and pass them on to the clown who is searching for these Spitfires. If anyone should know about restoring airoplanes - that is remotely restorable as opposed to 60 year ols heaps of corrosion, it's JM!

[villiers]

The Po2 (Podva) was a British biplane design, sold to tsarist Russia previous to WWI. Redesigned by Polikarpov, it was made in large numbers by Soviet flying clubs and used by a famous squadron of women piolts as a night bomber in WWII.

Me with a very nice Polish glider pilot instructor



So, me now:

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Me with a very nice Polish glider pilot instructor

Rather attractive as well assuming that is her in the rear seat.