Buried Squadron of lost WWII Spitfires to be exhumed;

Like a treasure chest stuffed with priceless booty, as many as 20 World War II-era Spitfire planes are perfectly preserved, buried in crates beneath Burma -- and after 67 years underground, they're set to be uncovered.


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/...to-be-exhumed/

 

any coverage on it ?

 

the only other info i read was from a story link (which has high lighted font) embeded in the Fox News story.

Spitfires were a cool lookin' plane, I remember doing models of them as a kid and last fall I came across guys flying R/C planes and there was a 5' version of one...very cool.

 

Did I really miss the link or did you add it Thanks

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...-in-Burma.html I found this article this morning, quite interesting, I hope that they succeed, WWII aircraft are really something. I had never heard of the Griffon engine before...440mph!

 

Hopefully well know more when one is recovered. I am surprised they were not sold for scrap.

 

How the English won the Battle of Britian flying planes with Lucas Electrical systems remains a mystery to me.