Dozens of hidden British Spitfires to be excavated in Burma

[Pesty]

Dozens of Spitfire fighter planes that were buried by British troops in Burma as the second world war drew to a close are to be excavated after an agreement to dig up the historic aircraft was signed by the Burmese government and an aviation enthusiast from Lincolnshire.

After 16 years of searching and lobbying, David Cundall, 62, has signed a deal to recover the lost RAF planes, which are believed to have been packed in crates and hidden by British forces on the orders of Earl Mountbatten shortly before the United States bombed the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

During his visit to Burma in April, David Cameron reached an agreement with President Thein Sein about the recovery of the missing aircraft. The British embassy in Rangoon said the newly signed deal was a chance to work with the new Burmese government "in uncovering, restoring, displaying these fighter planes".


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/17/spitfi...

[spitfire-ian]

Keep up at the back...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

(and that's not even the original thread)

[Yertis]

I think that Pesty's link is about the agreement having now being signed with the Burmese means that the chap who serached for and then found the Spits is the guy who gets to dig them up.

If I read it correctly...

[Pesty]

Thats the way I understand it.

Story been around for a while but now they have permissions and agreements to pull it off.