mcspool Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Give him credit for getting off his sofa, spending £150k of his own money and actually looking for them, rather than sitting at home speculating on the internet. Credit given & hats off! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 Credit given & hats off! :thumbsup: ===== 16 years on the trot taking a long holiday (or more) in Burma , probably with family - then how much loose change will you have from £150,000 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 The media and Hollywood have a lot to answer for. How much better it would be if he was allowed to get on with it quietly and one day (just maybe........) surprise us all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Anyone mentioned the "planes below the ice" story?? A squadron of P38`s lost their bearings and landed on an ice shelf in the antartic (I think, got the book but cant recall off top of head!!) They rescued the crews and intended to come back to refuel planes and retrieve but due to bad weather couldnt. When finally had the chance the planes were covered in snow so decided to leave them there. About 10-15 yrs ago onje guy set out a rescue mission, cut long story short he used steam and hot water to free one plane 30m below surface and brought one up. As far as I know rest are still down there!! Get the book, great pics of the planes then and now. The salvaged plane is now being rebuilt!! Im into my Urban Exploration and you would not believe what lies below our feet, seen a few things in shelters and bunkers. The 2000 person shelters near me still had military kit in them in the 70`s!!! remember them as a kid when we used to climb in down the air vents, all blocked up now. Had a few gas masks out of there even then!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Anyone mentioned the "planes below the ice" story?? A squadron of P38`s lost their bearings and landed on an ice shelf in the antartic (I think, got the book but cant recall off top of head!!)They rescued the crews and intended to come back to refuel planes and retrieve but due to bad weather couldnt. When finally had the chance the planes were covered in snow so decided to leave them there. About 10-15 yrs ago onje guy set out a rescue mission, cut long story short he used steam and hot water to free one plane 30m below surface and brought one up. As far as I know rest are still down there!! Get the book, great pics of the planes then and now. The salvaged plane is now being rebuilt!! Im into my Urban Exploration and you would not believe what lies below our feet, seen a few things in shelters and bunkers. The 2000 person shelters near me still had military kit in them in the 70`s!!! remember them as a kid when we used to climb in down the air vents, all blocked up now. Had a few gas masks out of there even then!! The P38 (Glacier Girl) is flying for some years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Thats the one, Glacier Girl, excellent book if you get your hands on it. I had lost contact with the story but knew some of the braking system was restored over here (Girling/Lockheed units??) My father worked for Girling in Bromborough when it was going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 16 years on the trot taking a long holiday (or more) in Burma , probably with family - then how much loose change will you have from £150,000 ? Well, if you have the money isn't it better spent in pursuit of a dream, rather than on wine & women Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Well, if you have the money isn't it better spent in pursuit of a dream, rather than on wine & women I don't know - wine and women seems like a pretty good dream to me :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I don't know - wine and women seems like a pretty good dream to me :laugh: In my experience dreams and reality are two very different things.......especially in the case of women> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 As George best said I spent most of my money on fast cars women and booze, the rest I just squandered... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/3953-myanmar-s-phantom-spitfires-how-a-legend-was-born.html Latest News, no news is good news LoL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 That's the most sensible piece of journalism I've seen on this so far. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) Its one heck of a story and we have run the stories of it over on War History Online from the get go. It has created massive interest around the world. We were sent the message below last week from a member of WHO: My father Captian Robert J. Windauer was a US naval medical officer in the Pacific during WWII. He was stationed on Johnson Island as well as a few other locations. He has passed away but he told me that at the end of the war as they were leaving to head home the CBs were burying crated US fighter planes along a runway. I have no idea where this was but it wasn't Burma where the British are searching for Spitfires. I'm going to check my fathers papers to see where he may have been right before he was shipped home. He said they discarded almost everything to have room for all the marines and essential supplies nessesary to return home. I'd be happy to talk with you about it. So may be this was common? May be there is some truth to warbirds being buried? Edited February 6, 2013 by Jack Stupid flipping typo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Better places to dig on this thread. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=36444&page=11 #318, a hole in Holland, full of the Luftwaffe! Somewhere, amongst the hundreds of posts, are a couple of pictures of an airfield in Indonesia, covered in redundant B24s etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Mmmm, Duitse dump, now that would be a lot cheaper to locate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Apart from the fact that you google earth it it doesn't turn up as a place, unless its my technical incompetence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Apart from the fact that you google earth it it doesn't turn up as a place, unless its my technical incompetence. "Duitse dump" means "German dump"; it's not the name of a place. If only treasure hunting was that easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Better places to dig on this thread.http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=36444&page=11 #318, a hole in Holland, full of the Luftwaffe! Somewhere, amongst the hundreds of posts, are a couple of pictures of an airfield in Indonesia, covered in redundant B24s etc! WOW! Great heads up thanks for sharing and have tracked down the page http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=36444&page=16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 "Duitse dump" means "German dump"; it's not the name of a place. If only treasure hunting was that easy Yep, BUT... For a 1000 $ in cash I'll tell you all I know about it. . . . . . . . (What I know about it is nothing, now pay up!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond-t-steve Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/burma-spitfire-mystery-solved-034518350.html;_ylt=Am94NB5TMKQ83s9_A9IGL2i_fMl_;_ylu=X3oDMTU1bTRhNGJtBGNjb2RlA2N0LmMEbWl0A01vc3RQb3B1bGFyIEZQIE1peGVkIExpc3QEcGtnAzllMmQyODE4LWVlZmEtM2QwNC04ZmI1LTJkMDJjNzYzNmYxNARwb3MDNQRzZWMDTWVkaWFCTGlzdE1peGVkTW9zdFBvcHVsYXJDQVRlbXAEdmVyAzhkNWMyMmMwLTc5MjYtMTFlMi1iZmFmLTdlNTcyNjQzM2E1Ng--;_ylg=X3oDMTJkOW8zMW81BGludGwDZ2IEbGFuZwNlbi1nYgRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QDQ29udHJvbF9Ob19GbG9hdGluZ18x;_ylv=3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Ah thats a shame ! Would have been great to see them found !:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond-t-steve Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I feel sorry for the man who spent so many years chasing the Spitfire rainbow only to find that there was no pot of gold at the end of it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 The story isn't over yet, they've just stopped at one site. The crate they found at another site is yet to be recovered, but the ground conditions are preventing that at present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I have a friend ....(yes just the one but that's all you need in life ..:yawn:!!!)... He works within a large military library / research centre .... Let's say he's not convinced about spitfires in crates, and went through a huge list of reasons why he thinks this is a Wilde goose chase ..unfortunately I can say no more or he'd have to kill me .....and I'm having none of that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I'm 100% sure there's stuff buried there, but whether that stuff is aeroplanes or something with any value remains to be seen. Stuff was buried after the war all over the place ( and the practice still goes on today with military kit ), as well as lots more stuff dumped in the sea, so it does happen, but whether the Burma/Myanmar story has any truth to it has yet to be proven one way or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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