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Re: Buried Spitfire's.......'ere we go again!
Posted by Bill on Wed Sep 05, 2001 04:36:10 AM
In reply top Buried Spitfire's.......'ere we go again! posted by Graham ODriscoll on Wed Sep 05, 2001 04:07:39 AM
I also know of two very well known aircraft 'hunters' one English and one American who are teamed to find a number of buried Spitfire aircraft, they were holding for the 'paperwork' to clear but from the information they let slip it seemed that they were very close to sorting it.
I think you maybe talking about the same people who I do not wish to name, but as mentioned are well known and have proven on many occations that what they say they do.
I wish them the best of luck and hope they pull the birds from the ground and bring back alive.
: Just had an e-mail from a friend (not avaiation enthusiast
: ), the juicy bit I have extracted as follows below. Don't
: have an identity for these persons concerned, but, who kno
: ws, could yield something, any ideas?
:
: "This morning I received a long call on my mobile phone (m
: y fixed telephone+fax line is unavailable until 18 Septemb
: er) from an Englishman with whom I had been in touch month
: s ago. After having eaten with "nr.2" and other top genera
: ls of the Burmese government, he has obtained all the auth
: orizations to dig the ground at Mingaladon (Rangoon) airpo
: rt, where the British burried 6 Spitfires in 1947. The emp
: lacements have been accurately located with an appropriate
: radar. Other aircraft were burried in a small airfield, l
: ittle north of Mingaladon. It is also cleared for digging.
: More aircraft "tombs" have been spotted in the east of th
: e country. The Englishman is now looking for financial par
: tners willing to share the adventure cost... and expected
: high profit. No suggestion ? The operations should start i
: n February 2002, excactly when I shall be there for the ne
: xt Burma Road expedition."