Burmese Spitfires! there are none!
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Burmese Spitfires! there are none!
Just heard on the radio that there are none, and infact they believe there are none at the others sites either, how did they get it so wrong, and the cost!
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Instead of carrying on with this thread, read the thread
in this forum on the Spitfires and the thread in the
Nostalgia forum on the Spirfires.
Both are near the top of the list on the first page.
I'm not the only one who thinks this is a load of BS.
Just the way the whole thing was done, press conferences,
the US link (US, lots of money), press conferences, video,
all "drip feeding" the media which in my opinion a sure sign
someone is stringing others along.
Crate full of water - but will take weeks to pump it out.
Bull****, if they were serious you'd get a pump and it would
be empty in a couple of days. Most farmers I know could
rig one up (a pump) using an old tractor of which I am sure
their are a few around.
I would be very happy if they do find some and can get
whatever it is back to the UK and something flying.
In fact it will be superb.
in this forum on the Spitfires and the thread in the
Nostalgia forum on the Spirfires.
Both are near the top of the list on the first page.
I'm not the only one who thinks this is a load of BS.
Just the way the whole thing was done, press conferences,
the US link (US, lots of money), press conferences, video,
all "drip feeding" the media which in my opinion a sure sign
someone is stringing others along.
Crate full of water - but will take weeks to pump it out.
Bull****, if they were serious you'd get a pump and it would
be empty in a couple of days. Most farmers I know could
rig one up (a pump) using an old tractor of which I am sure
their are a few around.
I would be very happy if they do find some and can get
whatever it is back to the UK and something flying.
In fact it will be superb.
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"He tracked down an eyewitness who led him to the area where the aircraft were buried. He eventually located the buried planes using ground-penetrating radar equipment.
His team dug a borehole and sent down a camera to look at the crates, which were said to be in ‘really good condition’.
From the DM article today.
So, they HAD ground penetrating radar but in the last few days they had
to use another method to search for them.
They found crates, but now it seems that their aren't any ??????
Does it not seem strange to you ?
His team dug a borehole and sent down a camera to look at the crates, which were said to be in ‘really good condition’.
From the DM article today.
So, they HAD ground penetrating radar but in the last few days they had
to use another method to search for them.
They found crates, but now it seems that their aren't any ??????
Does it not seem strange to you ?
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No Spitfires. Well well, what a surprise this was(n't) 
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But then I was just a pessimistic nay-sayer, all along.
.But then I was just a pessimistic nay-sayer, all along.
From the beginning the story never made sense and kept changing like a politician's promises....
The gullible media soaked it up...never let the facts stand in the way of a good story!
The gullible media soaked it up...never let the facts stand in the way of a good story!
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airsound,
You missed the lower-case T. Should try harder...
This whole business seems to have been suffering from a similar lack of rigour...
You missed the lower-case T. Should try harder...
This whole business seems to have been suffering from a similar lack of rigour...
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Now maybe he will come back to Lincolnshire and excavate the Lancasters at Caister.
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Is there even a copy of 'Lord Mountbatten's' orders instructing the Spitfire burial??
Was Mountbatten a bit of bell-end? He has a very silly name.
Was Mountbatten a bit of bell-end? He has a very silly name.
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Wiki says
"Mountbatten is the family name originally adopted by a branch of the Battenberg family during World War I because of rising anti-German sentiment among the British public. On 14 July 1917, Prince Louis of Battenberg ("Prince Louis I") assumed the surname Mountbatten."
The Mountbatten blown up by the IRA had a career full of absolutely awful decisions. The most notable concerned his handling of the India/Pakistan Partition. Also the WW2 Dieppe raid was his idea and a disaster. He is also known as Prince Charles' Mentor - another disaster! Canadians hated him for the massive losses of their troops on the Dieppe Raid.
His meddling in the TSR2 debacle didn't help matters either.
Mountbatten's self publicity hid the many gaffs but historians have shown the reality of a rather mediocre career that cost many lives.
"Mountbatten is the family name originally adopted by a branch of the Battenberg family during World War I because of rising anti-German sentiment among the British public. On 14 July 1917, Prince Louis of Battenberg ("Prince Louis I") assumed the surname Mountbatten."
The Mountbatten blown up by the IRA had a career full of absolutely awful decisions. The most notable concerned his handling of the India/Pakistan Partition. Also the WW2 Dieppe raid was his idea and a disaster. He is also known as Prince Charles' Mentor - another disaster! Canadians hated him for the massive losses of their troops on the Dieppe Raid.
His meddling in the TSR2 debacle didn't help matters either.
Mountbatten's self publicity hid the many gaffs but historians have shown the reality of a rather mediocre career that cost many lives.
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While I appreciate that there is little room in a forum such as this for detailed bibliography( and I hold no particular candle for Mountbatten), your casual dismissal of his accomplishments around partition have me at a loss for words.
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While I appreciate that there is little room in a forum such as this for detailed bibliography( and I hold no particular candle for Mountbatten), your casual dismissal of his accomplishments around partition have me at a loss for words.