Originally Posted by
Asturias56
God - there must so many of these stories - if true we could have won the war in 1943 with all the kit that was supposed to be buried....
Modern equivalent of Pirate Treasure or the Holy Grail
A long time ago, late '50s I would guess, a friend of mine was sent in to North Coates to help clear the buildings out prior to it becoming a Bloodhound SAM base.
There was a small padlocked hangar there and the SNCO i/c directed that the padlock be 'removed'. On opening, it was found to be stacked up with Beaufighter toolkits (that's the word he used 'toolkits') so as they weren't on inventory and couldn't be accounted for, the SNCO directed my friend and others to dig a hole and bury them!