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Old 04-16-2012, 01:45 PM
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At least 12, and as many as 20, Mk XIV Griffon-engined Spitfires have been located on Myanmar (formerly Burma), where they have been buried since the end of WWII.

Talk about 'barn finds'!

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#206526
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Wow! Cool!
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any more news on this?
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Not since May. Discovery seems to keep up on this type of thing:

http://news.discovery.com/history/wo...ne-120502.html

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