Burma Spitfires

[T_J]

Excellent work by Matt Poole at following links. Overlay of 1940s photo recce imagery of Mingaladon onto Google Earth.

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[quid21]

According to the beeb they have found a crate, but muddy water is preventing them seeing whats inside it. Be interesting to see whats there once they have pumped the water out!

[Richard B]

According to the beeb they have found a crate, but muddy water is preventing them seeing whats inside it. Be interesting to see whats there once they have pumped the water out!

Shopping trolley at a guess.

[POL]

Water? A crumbling mess of rusted metal, at a guess.

[quid21]

I guess that depends.

Donald Campbells Bluebird K7 boat is being rebuilt after it spent over 50 years in a Lake, so it can't be impossible that some of these old Spitfires may be in restorable condition.....

[Richard B]

If any are found all could be rebuilt, you only need the number plate.

[Sparts99]

Isn't there a Mk1 Spitfire flying now that was buried in the sand just off Dunkirk ? I don't think freshwater corrosion could be as bad as sea water. And yes, all you need is the data plate really. Airframe Assemblies can supply any airframe parts from new.

[steve149c]

Corrosion all depends if there is oxygen, the lower the oxygen content the less the corrosion. So hopefully this is stagnant water, so it should be minimal!

[Tailplane]

Isn't there a Mk1 Spitfire flying now that was buried in the sand just off Dunkirk ? I don't think freshwater corrosion could be as bad as sea water. And yes, all you need is the data plate really. Airframe Assemblies can supply any airframe parts from new.

Shows what can be done with a number plate.



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[FTS]

Isn't there a Mk1 Spitfire flying now that was buried in the sand just off Dunkirk ? I don't think freshwater corrosion could be as bad as sea water. And yes, all you need is the data plate really. Airframe Assemblies can supply any airframe parts from new.

Shows what can be done with a number plate.



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There's a lot more than just the data plate from the original aircraft on P9374.

[Tailplane]

Isn't there a Mk1 Spitfire flying now that was buried in the sand just off Dunkirk ? I don't think freshwater corrosion could be as bad as sea water. And yes, all you need is the data plate really. Airframe Assemblies can supply any airframe parts from new.

Shows what can be done with a number plate.



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There's a lot more than just the data plate from the original aircraft on P9374.

Quite right. Many of the original parts were used in this difficult restoration.

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[Sparts99]

My point was that that being submerged in water all these years wouldn't necessarily mean an airworthy restoration is out of the question, and any corroded parts are replaceable if not restorable. I know of a MkV fuselage in the UK with serial number stencilled inside but no data plate, yet another Spit with the same serial number is flying elsewhere, the flying one has the data plate on a largely new build airframe. I spoke to a restorer last year who was working on returning a Tiger Moth to flying, he explained the whole concept of the data plate from the authorities point of view, quite long winded but in a nutshell it allows a traceable history for the aircraft, even if most of it isn't original.

[T_J]

Update from Peter Arnold.

Digging started today. Lots of scraping, not much depth

Yet more archeology for the sponsors documentary.

Second larger digger arrives this Friday I gather.

JCB have been splendid and are 100% behind this project.

I would not expect too much before the weekend.

Images from me are a no-no at this time ahead of Wargaming formal release or dedicated press release. They are the rules.

This coming Sunday Telegraph may well have site images.

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[plmc135]

The latest report on the BBC News website this morning is suggesting that there are NO Spitfires buried in Burma.

Paul

[Figure8]

Or at least none in the site being investigated. Speculation that there may be some elsewhere.

[Tailplane]

The latest report on the BBC News website this morning is suggesting that there are NO Spitfires buried in Burma.

Paul

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[T_J]

As an independent observer Peter Arnold puts it into perspective. At Mingaladon they apparently never got a chance to dig at the hot spots.

See following.

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[T_J]

David Cundall interview. See video at following link.

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[Zeb]

Nil - zero - zilch.
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[SteveS]

Quelle surprise.