20 Spitfires to be excavated and returned from Burma
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ralphrj said:
Crossflow Kid said:
A few Chinnies (3 or 4?) have been destroyed on the ground after forced/emergency landings but the Taliban have been literally within a stone's throw when a 500lb laser guided scrap label arrived.
Wikipedia suggests 2 have been deliberatley destroyed in Afghanistan (within 11 days of each other).Edited by Crossflow Kid on Thursday 7th February 11:24
In addition 2 Hercules aircraft have been deliberately destroyed (1 in Afghanistan and 1 in Iraq). There was a youtube clip of at least one of these.
Love the term 'laser guided scrap label' by the way.
I don't have access anymore, nor permission to use the images, but one of our RE EOD squadrons did a job on a Herc a few Telics back. Photos were up on the 'What we done in Afghan' board for the Sqn, in RHQ. Basically the wings and airframe were severed, using Barmines, Hayricks, and PE4 to make the cuts. Aircraft was said to have been repairable, but the tactical situation made repair and recovery impossible, so destruction was seen as the only option.
4ft long L-9 Barmine.
CTjockey said:
Well there's plenty of evidence of what looks like a 737 nearby! Better than nothing I suppose.
CTjockey said:
Sky said:
Mr Cundall subsequently gathered eyewitness testimony from eight surviving servicemen who claimed they saw the burial.
So either he was lying, or they all were....and is there REALLY a bloke called Frazer Nash...?!
Wedg1e said:
CTjockey said:
Sky said:
Mr Cundall subsequently gathered eyewitness testimony from eight surviving servicemen who claimed they saw the burial.
So either he was lying, or they all were....and is there REALLY a bloke called Frazer Nash...?!
dave-the-diver said:
That link is from 2012?dave-the-diver said:
Hey buddy, did you sort out getting the Mrs and daughter to Yorkshire in the end?Ukraine have uncovered 8 buried Hurricanes outside Kyiv.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65955365
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65955365
Hill92 said:
Ukraine have uncovered 8 buried Hurricanes outside Kyiv.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65955365
Interesting why they were buried - Russia avoiding paying for them, after all the help they received from their Western allies https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65955365
Hill92 said:
Ukraine have uncovered 8 buried Hurricanes outside Kyiv.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65955365
Remains of, anyway. And I wouldn’t be surprised if one or more gets rebuilt even though it would end up being a 99% new plane. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65955365
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