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WWII Spitfires found in Burma
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The daily telegraph reports that, “David Cundall, 62, a farmer from S****horpe, North Lincs, located the planes at a former Royal Air Force base using radar-imaging technology after a 15-year search that cost him more than $207,000 and involved 12 trips to Myanmar.”
“They were just buried there in transport crates,” Cundall said. “They were waxed, wrapped in greased paper and their joints tarred. They will be in near perfect condition.”
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The article is here: http://www.newsoxy.com/world/spitfires-found-burma-66557.html
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04-18-2012, 11:26 PM
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That guy just became rich. 
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04-19-2012, 02:40 AM
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I would love to find something cool like that!
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04-19-2012, 03:25 AM
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May you live in interesting times...
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I just can't believe they buried them like that. I've been digging in the back yard for like 10 years now looking for a tank, he'll I'd take a bmg, but no such luck.
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04-20-2012, 02:06 AM
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Wonder if the US buried some B-17's somewhere... 
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04-20-2012, 04:34 AM
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Nom nom nom nom nom
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now if only I could find an Apache or Abrams like that
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04-20-2012, 02:11 PM
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I wish the had some pics from the unearthing.
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04-20-2012, 07:56 PM
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wow, cool story. I would love to find something like this.
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04-20-2012, 08:37 PM
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Sounds like the P38 Lightning they found under 60 feet of ice somewhere in the arctic...i dont recall exactly where they found it. They said it was ditched in WW2 and left when the crew was rescued. A rich guy bought it and had it restored. But the amazing part was when they got to the plane and were checking it out the nav lights all still worked.
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