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pjc50today at 8:38 AM1 replyview on HN

There's a long running treasure hunt for some still-crated Spitfires that were supposedly shipped to Burma at the exact end of the war and then buried when no longer required.

The amount of equipment left over from WW2 was staggering.


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hydrogen7800today at 11:52 AM

This is one of those perennial aviation legends[0] that are still alive, like Amelia Earhart's wreck. Always another rich guy funding a search with promising results.

[0]https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-20957162

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