Don't know if any of you have been following this story, but its been in the papers for a few months and is (in my opinion!) pretty amazing.
David Cundall, an English farmer and aviation nerd, heard a rumour that a number of Spitfires had been crated and buried at several locations in Burma at the end of World War II. He then spent 17 years and thousands of pounds of his own money making multiple visits to Burma to try and find witnesses and the site(s) in question.
Having finally found the site - and following intervention from David Cameron last year - he finally has permission from the Burmese government to dig and remove a number of aircraft from the country.
The dig begins this week, which could result in the number of Spitfires in the world doubling... or a lot of Burmese mud and old metal being recovered!
Pretty good summary on the story so far here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/04/spitfires-buried-in-burma-jungle_n_2409581.html?utm_hp_ref=uk?ncid=GEP
And the BBC have reported it on their site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20929820
So hopefully more news will come out quickly.
Will be a hell of a story if they really do find 30+ Spitfires!
