On 19/10/2012 20:13, Jess Lurkin wrote:
®i©ardo wrote in
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An update in today's Daily Telegraph says that the number of Spitfires
"...could be as high as 140."



YEEEHAW! If only 25% are recoverable, that's
**35** "new" pieces of eye candy! Hope that all
these orphans get loving, appreciative (and
wealthy) new homes.

Would be nice if there are varying models, but
that may be kinda doubtful...

Hmmm... thinking of the logic of burying that
many A/C. Since this whole story is new to me,
I'll have to do some reading up to find out
why that many birds might be buried. No fuel to
fly 'em out? No pilots? Tactical burials for
how soon a return? Why put them in stasis when
the were badly needed at the time? And were they
put to sleep correctly? They probably figured on
them being resurrected in months or a year. Hope
that SEVENTY years didn't wreak havoc.

Saddam Hussein could have learned some lessons
here on how to really hide his MiGs.

Thanks to all for giving me several places to
start the research.


To quote from the Daily Telegraph article:

"He said the Spitfires, of which there are only around 35 flying left in
the world, were shipped to Burma and then transported by rail to the
British RAF base during the war.

However, advances in technology and the emergence of more agile jets
meant they were never used and officials abandoned them shortly before
the end of the conflict.

“They were just buried there in transport crates,” Mr Cundall said.
“They were waxed, wrapped in greased paper and their joints tarred. They
will be in near perfect condition.” "

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