ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152276
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Date: | unk. date 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.VIII (6x) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force (RAF) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Meikthila in central Myanmar -
Myanmar
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:6 RAF Supermarine Spitfire LF Mark VIII planes are thought to have been buried in Meikthila in central Myanmar at the end of WW II.
A sear team will try to excavate the planes in January 2013.
Sources:
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/06/16381231-searchers-arrive-in-myanmar-to-hunt-for-buried-wwii-british-spitfire-planes?lite Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jan-2013 05:40 |
gerard57 |
Added |
02-May-2013 19:10 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
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