Searchers going to Burma after buried Spitfires

“LONDON — British excavators are heading to the Burma city of Rangoon to find a nearly forgotten stash of British Spitfire aircraft thought to be carefully buried beneath the former capital’s airfield.

“The venture is backed with a million-dollar guarantee from a Belarusian videogame company. Backers say it will uncover dozens of Spitfires locked underground by American engineers at the end of the Second World War.”

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/01/04/crew-heads-to-burma-to-search-for-buried-stash-of-pristine-second-world-war-era-british-spitfires/

Another story says Burma holds 140 buried Spitfires.

“YANGON, Burma — As many as 140 World War II Spitfire fighter planes — three to four times the number of airworthy models known to exist — are believed to be buried in near-pristine condition in Burma. A British-Burma partnership says it will begin digging them up by the end of the month.

“The go-ahead for excavation came earlier this week when the Burma government signed an agreement with British aviation enthusiast David J. Cundall and his local partner. Cundall, a farmer and businessman, earlier this year announced he had located 20 of the planes, best known for helping the Royal Air Force win mastery of the skies during the Battle of Britain.”

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/18/there-may-be-upwards-of-140-pristine-ultra-rare-british-spitfires-buried-in-burma/