One buried and one not

[jack neville]

Why do people make a habit of burying bren gun carriers?

[Andy Foulds]

Originally Posted by jack neville

Why do people make a habit of burying bren gun carriers?

Armoured vehicles of various types have been used in breakwaters and the like for many years there bulky, heavy and were surplus and cheap to.

Cars and Motorbikes have been used before now to bulk up garden features and as hardcore for garage bases.

[RichardT10829]

well.... Americans so I am told are famous for burying surplus kit.....Brits have a nack of dumping them in the sea....Canadians so i am told were one of the only coalition countries to hold on to equipment, or at least take it home.

there is a chap who has just located and recovered 12 perfectly preserved MkXIV spitfires buried in their crates in Burma..... there is treasure out there folks, you just got to find it

I would not mind a crack at raising one of the shermans sitting on the sea bed off Malin Head

[eddy8men]

rich you don't need to go to ireland, there's a sherman buried under a post office sorting building in leeds

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

well.... Americans so I am told are famous for burying surplus kit.....Brits have a nack of dumping them in the sea....Canadians so i am told were one of the only coalition countries to hold on to equipment, or at least take it home.

there is a chap who has just located and recovered 12 perfectly preserved MkXIV spitfires buried in their crates in Burma..... there is treasure out there folks, you just got to find it

I would not mind a crack at raising one of the shermans sitting on the sea bed off Malin Head

The Spits are coming home..!!

Twenty Spitfire discovered buried in Burma to return to the UK

News

by World Warbird News

A Spitfire Mk XIV at Duxford (Photo Brian Proctor (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)).

This is such extraordinary news that one wonders if it can actually be true: the Telegraph reports that twenty Spitfire Mk XIV* that were discovered buried in Burma will be returned to the UK. David Cameron himself, having taken an interest in the case, has asked and obtained permission to recover the aircraft from the Burmese government.

The aircraft were buried at the end of World War II with some possibly being added a few months later, as they were no longer needed for operations. To avoid having them fall in the wrong hands, they were buried in their transport crates covered in waxed and greased paper, with all seals tarred. As a result, one can hope they are still in very good shape and could quickly be restored.

It is thanks to David Cunhall, a 62-year old British farmer, that the Spitfires were found. Having heard of their burial, he took 12 trips to Burma to locate them, spending over £130,000 in the process. He eventually found them in February. Having informed British authorities of his discovery, his story caught David Cameron’s attention, which explains the Prime Minister’s unexpected intervention.

The aircraft are to be dug out by a team which is already in place in Burma, and the salvage operations should begin very soon. The cost of the entire operation should near £500,000 but David Cunhall was reported as saying he hoped he could recover his money and dreams of seeing an entire squadron of flying Spitfires.

*Although we had initially indicated that the aircraft were Spitfire Mk II, the aircraft are Mk XIV with possibly some Mk VIII as well.

Read more:

The Telegraph (on David Cundall)
The Guardian
Mail Online

[Marc van Aalderen]

Alex, are you sure? I googled this a couple of days ago and couldn't find anything recent. All news reports are from April and May. After that complete radio silence?

Cheers,

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Marc van Aalderen

Alex, are you sure? I googled this a couple of days ago and couldn't find anything recent. All news reports are from April and May. After that complete radio silence?

Cheers,

Marc

Here is the story where the prime minister secured the deal in Burma on site..
They will be some time before they are even dug up I suppose and longer still IF they ever fly..but here is the story..
This is what I posted by..nothing i can find more recent.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-make-fly.html

[RichardT10829]

what a find though eh..... stuff dreams are made of if you ask me.