Hacker, SASS #55963 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Looks like it didn't happen. http://news.sky.com/story/1053172/burma-spitfire-mystery-is-solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Too bad. It would have kept antique war plane restorers employed for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I always thought this seemed like an upscale Jeep-in-a-crate kinda thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Dang......... LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Wouldn't it have been easier to dig in the archives than Burma? I was surprised they hadn't discovered this earlier: "Most significantly, the archival records show that the RAF unit thathandled shipments through Rangoon docks, 41 Embarkation Unit, onlyreceived 37 aircraft in total from three transport ships between 1945and 1946. "None of the crates contained Spitfires and most appear to have been re-exported in the autumn of 1946," the statement concluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Oh, bother....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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