Posted on 04/15/2012 2:26:29 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe
Twenty iconic Spitfire aircraft buried in Burma during the Second World War are to be repatriated to Britain after an intervention by David Cameron. >snip< “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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
What a terrific story, I am glad they found them and they are being returned to the UK.
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