Over 60 Spitfires found buried in Myanmar (Burma)

[Peter Laidler]

You could match it the OTHER way then Muffer..............

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Lets just hope it is not a Heraldo with the Al Capone vault. My hope is if the Brits had enough time they prepaired them well and there will be more Spitfires for us all to enjoy. I may have to rent The Battle Of Britain to watch in anticipation.

[Paul S.]

Ahem, smh.com.au article -
Green light for Burma's Spitfire hoard to be dug up

[peregrinvs]

My sympathies are with Peter on this one. It all sounds a little too good to be true and I shall believe it when I see it.

Even if stuff was buried, it's hardly the most clement of climates and we may only be talking about well corroded wreckage. But as has been pointed out in another thread, wreckage can be used to produce what is known in vintage aircraft circles as a 'dataplate restoration'.

[jmoore]

Mmmm, buried magnesium rivets. Maybe they'll be "kit planes" at this point. Assembly required! And that's my optimistic view.

[Peter Laidler]

I've had a good trawl through the internet and can't find any video or pics of these 60 spitfires - or indeed anyone who's seen them BP. It seems as thopugh only the BBMF have seen them - if indeed they have.

Obviously, I have an interest in keeping my £30 wager firmly in my wallet of course

Anyone else seen these elusive pictures? Even the Greenland Lockheed Lightening team released some photos of their find

[bigduke6]

Thing I found interesting is the guy who did the research etc, has spent over £140,000 of his own money and he is a farmer, most farmers I know break into a sweat at the thought of spending £1.40, so maybe he is onto something.....

[Cajun]

Or he is actually on something

[gbalke]

For what it's worth, the estimated number of buried Spitfires has been revised to 140. Here's another article on the discovery:

British Explorer Prepares To Dig Up 140 Mint Condition Spitfires Buried In 1945 - Business Insider

[Peter Laidler]

140 Spitfires now eh! Maybe I'm wagering on the wrong thing here. Maybe I ought to be betting on the odds of it reaching 200 Spitfires by the end of the year

I don't mean to sound sceptical but maybe Farmer Giles would be better off concentrating his energy getting hold of their (factual) stocks of ex Korean war era Comet tanks to sell on!

Has anyone ever heard the technical phrase, regularly used by us technical Officer types who've been around the block a few times and are being given an explanation that seems to be at odds with reality '.........buried Spitfires, what a load of old boxxxxxs..........'

One day you ought to ask me about the vast, HUGE underground ammunition dumps buried close to here and supposedly abandoned and covered over in 1946. Another load of old, er.................., er ......, testicles