Just looked at Google Earth area at Mingaladon Airport where someone posted a possible site for the Spitfires. Just a few yards away is a pond that is full of water and I note the airfield is surrounded with small ponds. Wet as hell just a few feet down - let alone 30 or 40.........
Also if Mosquitoes delaminated easily in the tropics then with termites and such and 70 Monsoons and thin UK plywood cases I wonder if this is just a case of an over-enthusiastic aviation memorabilia junkie's final quest......
Not too long before we hear the results.