Any photos of the lost Burma Spits?

krislhull · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:23 pm

I am just wondering if any photos have surfaced yet of the buried Spitfires in Myanmar? I tried a internet search, but nothing came up... I have also read reports that the cache possibly includes some Hurricanes and Mossies as well. Any truth to these reports?

Kris H

Jollygreenslugg · **Posted:** Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:54 pm

Yeah, here's one, just after being recovered. You can see that it has been carefully placed in the concrete bunker where pre-flight tests will take place...

:wink:

As to Hurricanes and Mossies, if anybody wants to sift through the mud, they might be able to arbitrarily declare that some of it is what's left of the aforementioned machines.

Cheers,
Matt

Iclo · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:30 am

I have serious doubt about all this story.

I'm the only one with this feeling ?

With lot of luck all the part collected in Burma will allow to rebuilt one Spitfire in a 10 years time frame with 3 or 4 millions $

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:45 am

I think it would be cheaper, quicker, and simpler if you just started with a bargeload of Bauxite ore and a small hammer and crafted your own from scratch.
My take right from the get-go was this story was in the 'lost Buggatti behind a wall' campfire story knitted out of smoke and fog section.

PanzerJohn · **Joined:** Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:20 pm **Posts:** 11

The Inspector wrote:

I think it would be cheaper, quicker, and simpler if you just started with a bargeload of Bauxite ore and a small hammer and crafted your own from scratch.
My take right from the get-go was this story was in the 'lost Buggatti behind a wall' campfire story knitted out of smoke and fog section.

Like this one?

http://jalopnik.com/5121937/3-million-1 ... t-50-years

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:43 am

PanzerJohn wrote:

The Inspector wrote:

I think it would be cheaper, quicker, and simpler if you just started with a bargeload of Bauxite ore and a small hammer and crafted your own from scratch.
My take right from the get-go was this story was in the 'lost Buggatti behind a wall' campfire story knitted out of smoke and fog section.

Like this one?

http://jalopnik.com/5121937/3-million-1 ... t-50-years

Perzackly-

Wildchild · **Posted:** Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:55 pm

The Inspector wrote:

PanzerJohn wrote:

The Inspector wrote:

I think it would be cheaper, quicker, and simpler if you just started with a bargeload of Bauxite ore and a small hammer and crafted your own from scratch.
My take right from the get-go was this story was in the 'lost Buggatti behind a wall' campfire story knitted out of smoke and fog section.

Like this one?

http://jalopnik.com/5121937/3-million-1 ... t-50-years

Perzackly-

Or this?- well, not really a wall...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ction.html

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