Latest news on the Spitfires buried in Burma........

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Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 2686 Credit: 1,507,411 RAC: 1,339	Message 1328776 - Posted: 18 Jan 2013, 20:16:48 UTC Last modified: 18 Jan 2013, 20:17:17 UTC
	Makes you wonder "What's going on here"?? ____________ The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40820 Credit: 32,111,618 RAC: 19,028	Message 1328820 - Posted: 18 Jan 2013, 21:26:54 UTC - in response to Message 1328776.
	Makes you wonder "What's going on here"?? Quite, puzzled alright. ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22736 Credit: 4,518,231 RAC: 5,744	Message 1329385 - Posted: 20 Jan 2013, 12:11:38 UTC
	During his time as Supreme Allied Commander of the Southeast Asia Theatre, his command oversaw the recapture of Burma from the Japanese by General William Slim. British troops returned to the island to receive the formal surrender of Japanese forces in the region led by General Itagaki Seishiro on 12 September 1945, codenamed Operation Tiderace. South East Asia Command was disbanded in May 1946. Burma was freed from the Japanese in May 1945. If sometime during 1945, planes were buried in Burma on Mountbattens orders, then there should be MOD written evidence in files somewhere. Has that been determined? It is also general knowledge that the Americans dumped thousands of tons of stuff overboard from carriers at the end of the war, rather than ship it all back home. Maybe stuff was buried in Burma somewhere, but more likely to be spares to avoid repatriating it. Therefore a general order to dump unwanted stuff may have happened but not necessarily fully documented. Eye witnesses may be quite correct in their recollections of aircraft parts being buried, but for what reason and where, is probably sketchy. We need to be realistic here, and think with our heads and not with our hearts.
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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 2866 Credit: 1,778,896 RAC: 216	Message 1329433 - Posted: 20 Jan 2013, 14:54:54 UTC
	I haven't commented on this thread since it started, because I've seen this before, time and time again, and didn't want to look like a wet blanket. What is happening here? The aviation world is full of dreamers, who head off on wild goose chases on the barest of information. This is true of people looking for old airplanes, and people trying to make new airplanes. I know because I've been working both kinds of dreamers for about 40 years. Most of these dreamers are well intentioned, and one in a hundred makes their dream come true. What we have here, I'm afraid, is one of the other 99. ____________
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6702 Credit: 1,282,592 RAC: 657	Message 1332558 - Posted: 29 Jan 2013, 21:06:31 UTC
	Another Spit restored ____________
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 40820 Credit: 32,111,618 RAC: 19,028	Message 1332577 - Posted: 29 Jan 2013, 22:45:57 UTC - in response to Message 1332558.
	Great link Sirius B, I watched the video there, sounded loud and healthy. ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8943 Credit: 36,667,953 RAC: 60,379	Message 1332579 - Posted: 29 Jan 2013, 22:48:35 UTC
	for those that play any wargaming.net games, be proud you are a major sponsor of the dig. Here's to you World of Tanks ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22736 Credit: 4,518,231 RAC: 5,744	Message 1338842 - Posted: 16 Feb 2013, 10:17:49 UTC
	The search appears to have been called off. At least for the moment. Spitfires
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msattler Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 34152 Credit: 344,426,102 RAC: 543,825	Message 1338874 - Posted: 16 Feb 2013, 14:25:54 UTC - in response to Message 1338842.
	The search appears to have been called off. At least for the moment. Spitfires Aw, cheesecakes. ____________ ****** "Ask not, what your kitty can do for you. Ask what you can do for your kitty." As it is kitten, so shall it be done.
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James Sotherden Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 6051 Credit: 14,698,064 RAC: 21,329	Message 1338895 - Posted: 16 Feb 2013, 15:59:34 UTC
	I would have at least identified what was in that crate. Maybe this is just to throw that rich guy that wanted to horn in off the scent. ____________
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