140 Crated Spitfires buried in Burma (Myanmar)?

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Gina Vampire

well as something to look at until the spits turn up . That's Laverton ....Gordons Yard. He wrecked the one and only Hurricane that came to Australia a photo of which I have in this series.

Really interesting images, Gina! Really sad to see these beautiful aircraft destroyed.

[Lang]

When I was doing my flying training at Point Cook in 1967 there were 4 Wirraways and 2 P-40's in the fire pit for the firies to practice on. The P-40's must have come from the Laverton group.

Lang

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Stop press: SPITFIRE EXCAVATED!

See attached picture courtesy of HMVF

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Stop press: SPITFIRE EXCAVATED!

See attached picture courtesy of HMVF

Some people have way to much spare time.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Hanno

Great photo, knowing the vagaries of internet search wonder how many people out side of MLU will find it and wonder what's up.

Good chuckle

Cheers Phil

[motto (RIP)]

Looks as though the cap is still on. She's fuelled up and ready to go!

David

[Gordon Yeo]

The Spitfire beer picture is from HMVForum site and the comments about the dog and pony show in Burma are getting cruel over there.

Gord

[Private_collector]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Great photo, knowing the vagaries of internet search wonder how many people out side of MLU will find it and wonder what's up.

Good chuckle

Cheers Phil

Lots, I hope

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Stop press: SPITFIRE EXCAVATED!

See attached picture courtesy of HMVF

Hi Hanno

Great Photo. I know me and a lot of my old Army buddies would have loved to dig up a cache of "Sealed" Spitfire bottles, bugger the planes, party time.

Cheers

Tony

[Hanno Spoelstra]

5:28am, Fri 18 Jan 2013
'There are no Spitfires': The dream has ended in the hunt for buried British planes

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-01-18/t...ritish-planes/

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

5:28am, Fri 18 Jan 2013
'There are no Spitfires': The dream has ended in the hunt for buried British planes

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-01-18/t...ritish-planes/

Hi Hanno

Oh well, back to the old drawing board, It was I suppose just an eccentric man's dream. We all thought of the dig with a "tongue in cheek" attitude we will now have to find another project to keep the thread going as this one dies.

Cheers

Tony

[Private_collector]

Did I ever tell you about the time I was abducted by aliens? It was while I was on a trip, looking for the loch ness monster. The ship was shaped a bit like a spitfire, just different in every way.

Aliens were from uranus! The landing site was in Area 51, which is of course where the fake moon landing was staged. Also the home of the sasquatch/bigfoot/yeti/abominable snowman/julia gillard.

[Bruce MacMillan]

Originally Posted by Little Jo

we will now have to find another project to keep the thread going as this one dies.

Cheers
Tony

Ok, how about all those buried trucks, road building equipment & supplies on the Alaska Highway. Too expensive to bring back so line them up and cover with dirt.

Maybe the MVPA Alaska convoy was just a cover for a recon mission.

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Little Jo

It was I suppose just an eccentric man's dream....we will now have to find another project to keep the thread going as this one dies.

Don't worry folks, the Spits may have been a hoax, but apparently he's picked up a genuine lead on a pristine B29, and I have to admit it does seem more credible this time.