140 Crated Spitfires buried in Burma (Myanmar)?

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Wayne McGee

CBC article says that a British citizen will recover up to 140 Spitfires which were buried by the Americans in Burma immediately after WWII being excess to requirements.

Crikey, they must be breeding, there were only 20 Spits buried back in April when the story broke. Think the story at the time was they were buried ahead of the Japanese advance, so before the end of the war, a few contradictions in this weeks news versions