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20 perfectly preserved Spitfires found in Burma
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I just thought this was an amazing story and one which deserved a wider audience
http://www.telegraph....e-returned-to-UK.html
http://www.telegraph....e-returned-to-UK.html
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Unless the atricle has been edited, the only reference to "jet" I found was to say the spitfires were not used because agile jets were to replace them. It may imply the spitfire was a jet but doesn't actually say so. So this would be reasonable after about 1941. Interesting though, to uncover preserved examples.
I see some of the posts there are casting doubt on it all ?
I see some of the posts there are casting doubt on it all ?
This is what it actually says in the article.
/// He eventually met one eyewitness who drew maps and an outline of where the aircraft were buried and took him out to the scene. ///
The only reference of the word 'Jet' is in this passage:
/// However, advances in technology and the emergence of more agile jets meant they were never used ///
/// He eventually met one eyewitness who drew maps and an outline of where the aircraft were buried and took him out to the scene. ///
The only reference of the word 'Jet' is in this passage:
/// However, advances in technology and the emergence of more agile jets meant they were never used ///
I will be very surprised if they remain in Britain, they will most likely be sold off in job lots abroad.
The government should step in and make it a provision that the Spitfires stay together in this country, as a memorial squadron to all those young lives that were lost during those turbulent early days of WW2.
The government should step in and make it a provision that the Spitfires stay together in this country, as a memorial squadron to all those young lives that were lost during those turbulent early days of WW2.
They are obsolete No? They would only sit in museums. How much would it cost for them to be brought over? It's good news for Mr Cundell who has spent a fortune looking for them...although I think he is looking forward to getting some sort of return.
I would prefer that Burma's political situation and I hope it's steps to democracy? remain at the forefront and not the Spitfires.
I would prefer that Burma's political situation and I hope it's steps to democracy? remain at the forefront and not the Spitfires.
ChuckFickens
After I read your first post, I was reading through the report again because I was sure that I did not read the word jet the first time I read it.
I then copied and pasted what it actually said, and then constructed my post, and posted it.
So I 'DID' read your 9.53 post, but only after I had posted mine.
After I read your first post, I was reading through the report again because I was sure that I did not read the word jet the first time I read it.
I then copied and pasted what it actually said, and then constructed my post, and posted it.
So I 'DID' read your 9.53 post, but only after I had posted mine.
My father in law used to fly the Hump in Dakotas carrying Chinese troops into Burma.
They had "lost" a few before they realised that they had to seal the doors in the main "cabin"
The Chinese were stepping outside for a pee..........
Wonder if they will find them in the Burmese Jungle?
You can imagine the Japs underneath "Ayaaah, now rainin Hinese Kamikaze boms"
They had "lost" a few before they realised that they had to seal the doors in the main "cabin"
The Chinese were stepping outside for a pee..........
Wonder if they will find them in the Burmese Jungle?
You can imagine the Japs underneath "Ayaaah, now rainin Hinese Kamikaze boms"
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