Crashed Spitfire found in Ireland

[steve dickey]

And one of the guns was fired! Way cool
Hope some of the parts can be used in a rebuild.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15652440

[the330thbg]

Brilliant!

[Dave Hadfield]

Speaking of guns and airplanes, you guys have seen this, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVOfjU1A-mE

Filmed at Wanaka, NZ 2008. P-40N

Dave

[Richard W.]

The articles says they found 6 guns instead of 8.

Is that an error, or was the a/c used on ops with two of the guns removed?

[Chappie]

Wow. The firing pass by the P-40 is awesome!

Jeez, can you imgaine the firestorm from the media and gun haters that would have created here in the U.S.?!

I absolutely love it!



Chappie

[Lynn Allen]

Wow. The firing pass by the P-40 is awesome!

Jeez, can you imgaine the firestorm from the media and gun haters that would have created here in the U.S.?!

I absolutely love it!



Chappie

That would be a breath of fresh air coming from the media these days....

[Cherrybomber13]

Lynn,
that would be a good way to go hunting wild boars and hogzillas down there in Texas... We should talk to Nelson and see if he could refit the 140 with a few .30 cals... BTW I'm still wearing the hat

[Jarink1]

The articles says they found 6 guns instead of 8.

Is that an error, or was the a/c used on ops with two of the guns removed?

"We had hoped for one in reasonable condition - we got six, in great shape..."

It could be interpreted that they found 6 in reasonable condition with the other two not being in good condition.

[Lightjug]

Very interesting... thanks for sharing!

[ianH]

The Irish Army recovered two of the Brownings at the time and put them to use. Good video of the excavation here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPRA39-B8Nk