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Title: Buried treasure in Burma - WWII Spitfires
Post by: anwar on April 29, 2012, 07:52:47 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/19/buried-treasure-in-burma-squadron-lost-wwii-spitfires-to-be-exhumed/

Title: Re: Buried treasure in Burma - WWII Spitfires
Post by: VC on April 29, 2012, 07:59:10 PM

20 Mark XIV's??? Unbelievable.

Something closer, much closer to home. I am in touch with the people concerned, but the Govt. is needlessly complicating the issue.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060124/asp/guwahati/story_5759115.asp

Title: Re: Buried treasure in Burma - WWII Spitfires
Post by: anwar on April 29, 2012, 08:04:35 PM

Forgot to call out this embedded link :

http://www.smh.com.au/world/burmese-treasure-weve-done-some-pretty-silly-things-but-the-silliest-was-burying-the-spitfires-20120415-1x1kn.html

Title: Re: Buried treasure in Burma - WWII Spitfires
Post by: rcpilotacro on April 29, 2012, 08:14:25 PM

excerpts from this article

"...During this voyage, the squadron witnessed a most curious episode. The American lease for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm aircraft on board the ship expired, and all the U.S. – supplied aircraft aboard the carrier were ordered to be destroyed! No. 4 Squadron watched in shock as thirty-five brand new aircraft (Avengers and Corsairs) were pushed overboard and into the sea in order to fulfill the terms of the lend-lease contract."

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Digby02.html

Title: Re: Buried treasure in Burma - WWII Spitfires
Post by: roopeshkrishna on April 30, 2012, 12:14:34 AM

so sad to hear.. :(

RC India

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