Spitfires buried in Burma during war to be returned to UK

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“They were just buried there in transport crates,” Mr Cundall said. “They were waxed, wrapped in greased paper and their joints tarred. They will be in near perfect condition.”       source

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  3. Yes wouldn’t it be great if they can be recovered in reasonable condition.
    Seems possible they would fly again given that some successful restorations have started with only a tail wheel and a decal off the fuel cap :smile:
    The thirty or so flying examples in the world could almost double.
    As for price ????? It’s a sure bet it will be well worth the £500,000 excavation costs anyway.

    • That’s an amazing restoration job! When you consider that every single part, down to the last rivet, has to be inspected and certified….the amount of work is mind-boggling.

      • Yep,mind blowing amounts of work.Like MVL said earlier,dataplate and some bent tin,okay let’s build a plane :mrgreen:

  6. Just be thankful the current government is helping if Labour had any hand in this they would be dug up then sold off for scrap

    • Too right, Nigel–can’t have any reminders of pre-Gramscian Britain around, can we?

  8. I remember years ago there was a flight of Lockheed P-38 Lightnings covered up under about 60 feet of ice in Greenland. Wonder what happened to those. I don’t think they were crushed, just encased.

    This story about the Spits in very inspirational – Indiana Jones-like.

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