As many as 140 Second World War 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, also known as Myanmar.
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 Burmese 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...http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/10/18/burma-british-spitfires-buried.html
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