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http://www.watoday.com.au/world/green-light-for-burmas-spitfire-hoard-to-be-dug-up-20121018-27seg.html

Burma's government has signed an agreement with a British farmer to allow the excavation of dozens of rare Spitfires buried in the country at the end of World War II.

The historic hoard may hold as many as 60 of Britain's most famous fighter plane, the largest number of Spitfires left anywhere in the world.

Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/world/green-light-for-burmas-spitfire-hoard-to-be-dug-up-20121018-27seg.html#ixzz29cCJ7wb2

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Thats a nice little deal for the farmer. There must be more of these hidden stashes still to be found.

Back in 85 I remember a shop near the Tokyu centre in Bangkok selling crated wartime British motorbikes that had been buried the same way.

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