From another forum - 109 buried in Oldham (not quite Spitfires in Burma!) :)

[Mysticpuma]

The post reads:

"Completely off topic but my ex father in law was offered a 109 that had ended up stored behind his work shed in the mid 50s. It was "given" to his first boss for scrap after it had been dragged around the NW to raise war bonds then stored in his yard but never collected. Apparently it in shabby condition but was mostly all there albeit in pieces. It had no engine or prop. No idea of the mark but it had a yellow nose (but, as my FIL pointed out "they all had yellow noses...and bullet holes" - i doubt either were genuine but added to increase takings) The going rate was a few quid less than the scrap value (not much) and an undertaking to" get rid of the damn thing" - He turned it down but instead earned himself a few bob loading the bits onto a flatbed wagon. It ended up in landfill under the roundabout at the end of the A627M near Oldham's Football ground.

I never liked him TBH"

Cheers, MP