20 Crated Spitfires Found in Burma????

[DavidIsby]

The latest on the Burma Buried Spitfire Expedition -- significant because of how it shows the divergence between eye-witness and archival sources in Second World War military aviation.

http://news.sky.com/story/1053172/bu...tery-is-solved

[Larry deZeng]

".........as many as 140 of the planes were buried in near pristine condition at various sites by American military engineers at the end of the war."

I knew it!! It was the bloody Yanks! They buried the crates, started the postwar rumours and probably falsified documents on top of it while keeping everything secret all these years! Sneaky bunch, too - infiltrating those RAF bases in Burma with heavy excavating equipment in the dark of night and digging all those massive holes. A dastardly, diabolical plan to drive the Brits bonkers, no doubt.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

I knew it!! It was the bloody Yanks! ... A dastardly, diabolical plan to drive the Brits bonkers, no doubt.

We can manage that perfectly well without American help, as our history amply demonstrates!

Anyway, we did at least find Richard III, even if he wasn't exactly airworthy.

[Larry deZeng]

But Richard III made for great reading for those of us who are fascinated by medieval history! Horrible times, they were.

[DavidIsby]

Great Burma Buried Spitfire search to continue!

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...quest-18534436

[DavidIsby]

Not only is the search to continue, but high-technology is to come:

The Great Burma Buried Spitfire search escalates to the use of ground-penetrating radar!

http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/nat...und-radar.html

[Larry deZeng]

“And I found my own evidence in the National Archive that 124 Spitfires were buried in Myanmar,” he said."

If that is so, then Mr. Cundall should produce this evidence so the world can evaluate it for themselves.

L.

[DavidIsby]

Yes, please. All their files come conveniently numbered for your citing convenience (after doing a book with 800 footnotes, I appreciated that).

[Larry deZeng]

Huh? I hope that means you are agreeing with me. No one else has been able to find supporting documents re the existence of the crated Spitfires, so if Mr. Cundall has found such evidence in the BNA then perhaps he should lay it out so we can all look at it and see if it stands up to scrutiny.

L.

[Bruce Dennis]

If he will name the files, I will view them and copy pertinent sections for display here.
Anyone in contact with the man? It could help his cause considerably to speak up on this point.

Bruce