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Old 9th Jan 2014, 13:16
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From today's avweb....

"Spitfire Search Resumes In Burma

David Cundall, an aviation enthusiast from the U.K., is back in Burma searching for buried Spitfire airplanes, with a new sponsor, according to recent news reports. Cundall returned to Burma last month to search for pristine Spitfires he believes were buried there at the end of World War II. His previous sponsor, the Belarussian video gaming company Wargaming.net, withdrew support for the project last February after evidence of Cundall's theories failed to materialize. The Claridon Group, a British freight-handling business with an office in Burma, now is backing the project. Chris Scott, managing director of Claridon, said that after meeting Cundall, "and seeing his deep-rooted passion for preserving part of our history and heritage for generations to come, we just had to get involved"

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