crankpin

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These Spitfire's are equipped with the Rolls Royce Griffon engines.
Crank

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.

The planes were shipped in standard fashion in 1945 from their manufacturer in England to the Far East country: waxed, wrapped in greased paper and tarred to protect against the elements. They were then buried in the crates they were shipped in, rather than let them fall into enemy hands, said David Cundall, an aviation enthusiast who has spent 15 years and about $200,000 in his efforts to reveal the lost planes



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/...#ixzz1sZJQttAO

tailskid

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Fantastic find!

Silvaire

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Unbelievable - if true.

I'd wager that this is the first and last that you will hear of this incredible find.

N1EDM

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Yup, it's starting to look that way, Silvaire... but it makes for a great Sea Story.

Bob

WhiteRook

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thats alot of dirt to dig up , must have been in an acre of land at least

colin269

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tunakuts3d

saw this posted over on RCSB about the buried Spitfires.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/w...-in-Burma.html