cstevenpeterson

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Did not see this posted on RCU yet.

Approximately 20 new in crate Spitfires have been located in Burma. They were buried in WWII to be hidden from the enemy. Here is a link to one of the news articles:

http://wallstreeit.blogspot.com/2012...und-burma.html

They may be in mint condition - what a find!!!

Steve

Rv7garage

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Already posted in the Full Scale Aircraft forum.

Regardless, pretty freakin' cool! Can I have one? Pleeeeze??

Charlie P.

I saw that on another forum.  What a great treasure!

The crime will be if they ship them back to England they will destroy the wing guns.  I guess it's a small price to gain that many airframes.

Gray Beard

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Thanks for the info, I have never been in the full scale forum, never knew we had one? Very cool find. One of those excavations I would like to be involved with.

H5487

As much as I enjoy hearing of finding long-lost treasures, we need to be realistic here. I kinda doubt that these wood and fabric airplanes will be in mint condition after being in buried storage for nearly 70 years in one of the wettest climates in the world.

Harvey

Charlie P.

Beats fishing one off the sea floor or out of a bog crash site.

huck1199

Interesting that the article refers to these planes as 'jets'.

Scar

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Wow, two places! I missed that the first time through.

jetmech05

The spits was not wood and fabric, the mosquito was but not the spits....I agree though, what kind of shape will they be in? If they were wrapped in tar paper or some kind of cosmoilne they maybe good

cstevenpeterson

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If you do a search on the internet you will find multiple hits for more info. Can't wait for the documentary! I remember seeing the documentary about Glacier Girl a number of years back and then had the chance to get up close to her at WWII Weekend in Reading PA. The plane looks better than it most likely was when it came off the assembly line - absolutely beautiful restoration job. Hopefully these spits follow the same path.

I realized after the fact that I posted this in this forum - not the Warbirds forum where there are at least two other threads.....

Steve

H5487

You are entirely right. I stand corrected.

Harvey

Gray Beard

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I'm thinking perhaps you guys missed Glacier Girl, If people could pull her out of the ice and rebuild her the Spits should be no trouble at all. Go and Google Her up!! Crated and barried should pose no problems for this restore at all!!!!!!!!!!!!

H5487

What does "Crated and barried" mean?

Harvey

rgm762

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if the planes were assembled, they were taken apart, put in large boxes(crates) then buried

jetmech05

There is alot of difference between frozen in ice..and buried in a wet climate. I hope that those airplanes are preserved.

H5487

Oh, he meant bUried.

Thanks!

Harvey

H5487

I agree, jetmech.

Considering that they were hastily buried to keep an overrunning enemy from finding them, I doubt that they had ample time to properly preserve them for 67 years of burial!

Kinda sheds some doubt on that "They may be in mint condition" prediction.

I'm not trying to be a pessimist. I'm just being realistic.

Harvey

(propmech)

pimmnz

These were buried after the final whistle H5487. Supposedly Mk XIV, never unpacked, still wrapped and un-needed. They weren't even worth sending back, at the time.
Evan, WB #12.

foodstick

This could be the coolest thing in years involving WW2 machinery , or airplanes of any type...

Sounds like they were practically prepped to be buried for long term.. fingers crossed ...

now ..... about all those supposed German Birds in underground tunnels

Scar

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No kidding! I understand there are very few Daimler-Benz inverted vee engine blocks remaining. A cache of those would be a remarkable find.

Not to mention complete planes. Not holding my breath on either, but we can always hope.

Dave Olson

H5487

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Harvey

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