"More than 120 Spitfires could resurface..." Topic
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Tango01  | 10 May 2012 12:26 p.m. PST |
…after 67 years underground. "This is a story of buried treasure with a map on X and X may be hiding …. some 120 Spitfires! Recall that in the world, only 35 Spitfires are still able to fly. David Cundall, a farmer of 62 years aviation enthusiast, has spent over 15 years of his life in search of the treasure for which he has spent over U.S. $ 200,000. Everything would be part of a group of veterans of the USAF who reportedly told a friend: ""We made some rather stupid things in our time, but most stupid was to bury Spitfire"" … in a country whose future were uncertain does not seem possible for Britain, which decided to bury them. This is the fate that was reserved for some 120 Spitfires. The planes that were buried should be in good condition because they would not have even been unpacked. There they lie for 67 years, protected by joints of tar and grease, waiting for someone to pick them…" Full article here.
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translate.google.com/#fr|en| Incredible good news. Amicalement
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twowheatons  | 10 May 2012 12:32 p.m. PST |
Last I read it was 20, not 120. Maybe an error in the article. If it is 120, Oh Boy! |
| Mako11 | 10 May 2012 1:04 p.m. PST |
Well, I guess we know what the RN will be fielding on their carriers. Off to the garage to start mass-producing arresting hooks for them. |
| Major Bumsore | 10 May 2012 1:52 p.m. PST |
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| Gaz the Bald | 11 May 2012 2:36 a.m. PST |
Give the bloke a break eh? |
| bsrlee | 11 May 2012 8:57 a.m. PST |
The original story said it was 20-ish in one place, but as the news spread, people started to come forwards with 'Oh yeah, we also buried 40 or 50 of them at Y airfield'. So there is a fair chance that there are a lot of boxes with late dated aircraft burried near the 1945 front line fields. |
| Huscarle | 18 Jan 2013 7:47 a.m. PST |
Not looking good, so far a big fat zero
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