Burmese Spitfires don't exist

[vernon]

According to Radio Four news the sites under investigation contain no Spitfires.

That's a lot of money and dreams gone to waste.

 

[Archie_tect]

Should we be worried?

 

[biggs682]

thats a real shame as only last week they were really excited about the finds

 

[ianrauk]

I thought they did actually find one at least.

 

[vernon]

I thought they did actually find one at least.

They found a water filled crate whose contents were unknown.

 

[ianrauk]

They found a water filled crate whose contents were unknown.

ok

 

[vernon]

Should we be worried?

Worried no.

Disappointed yes. it would have been a great tale.

 

[DCLane]

Surely the water-logged ground and metal = rust particles after 60 years?

 

[vernon]

Surely the water-logged ground and metal = rust particles after 60 years?

Aluminium doesn't rust......

Also anaerobic so rusting will be inhibited for ferrous parts.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

avionics (such as they were) might be a bit compromised…

 

[alecstilleyedye]

apparently there are at least 45 flying examples of the spitfire.

tbh, i'd be more excited if it was something like mosquitos or whitleys, although the former would not have fared at all well in water, due to wooden skin…

 

[vernon]

although the former would not have fared at all well in water, due to wooden skin…

Yeah, they wooden go if found.

 

[Globalti]

Will this turn out to have been the biggest Nigerian 419 scam ever?

 

[green1]

Will this turn out to have been the biggest Nigerian 419 scam ever?

There are buried Spitfires in Burma it's more a question of where. My grandad told us before he died that he helped pack and bury some of them, he was a RAF radio operator out there.

 

[Globalti]

Send me a £1000 fee and I'll tell you where they are then....