14-04-2012, 23:10
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20 missing spitfires may be found after 40yrs
nice find
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British aviation experts are working on a project to bring back 20 World War Two Spitfires that have been stored underground in Burma for decades.
The aircraft were flown out to the Far East to support the Burma campaign towards the end of the war and were never actually used in conflict.
They were left at an RAF base in Burma and stored underground so that they could not fall into enemy hands.
The discovery made earlier this year follows years of work by a Lincolnshire farmer David Cundall, a Spitfire enthusiast, who has meticulously researched and located the missing aircraft.
"Two versions are mentioned in records. The Mk VIII has been described as the best of the Merlin-engined Spitfires and many pilots rated the Mk XIV, fitted with the Merlin’s successor, the Griffon engine as the best of breed. Both are rare birds.
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