Buried Spitfire Found on Salisbury Plain…

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By: John Aeroclub - 15th September 2017 at 22:46

Once I had two Spitfires in my life. If they dig up RAF Yatesbury they’ll find an engine for that J.2 and my Singer Le Mans.

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By: Snapper - 15th September 2017 at 07:04

Got my own Spitfire out front, had it nearly two months, wasn’t buried though. Damn Jerries dive bombed it the other week.

Battle of Britain? Battle of Bird****!

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By: Creaking Door - 14th September 2017 at 23:02

I wonder if it’s SORN 🙂

Brilliant!

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By: jeepman - 14th September 2017 at 17:58

That Spitfire must have been going fast when it hit the back wall of the garage……

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By: Sabrejet - 14th September 2017 at 17:43

Well worth restoring: though just the chassis plate will remain from the original 😉

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By: Mark12 - 14th September 2017 at 17:38

That reminds me of something from about 50yrs ago… I was talking to my sister on the phone and she told me her new boyfriend had a Spitfire…
WoW !!!!, where does he keep it ?, I excitedly enquired.
At home in his driveway ………Doh !

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By: J Boyle - 14th September 2017 at 17:06

In the same vein, many years ago, I drove a new Mustang.
I got the personalized number plate “P-51”. Being an Air Force lieutenant at the time, I hoped someone would appreciate the humour.

One day I was stopped by a policeman. I thought it odd since I wasn’t speeding. I asked him if I had done anything wrong.
“No”, he replied, “I wanted to ask if you own a P-51”.

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By: AlanR - 14th September 2017 at 16:44

That reminds me of something from about 50yrs ago… I was talking to my sister on the phone and she told me her new boyfriend had a Spitfire…
WoW !!!!, where does he keep it ?, I excitedly enquired.
At home in his driveway ………Doh !

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By: Wyvernfan - 14th September 2017 at 16:16

I wonder if it’s SORN 🙂

Rob

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By: TonyT - 14th September 2017 at 13:10

BFG failures in Germany ( MOT) used to get donated to the Gliding clubs for towing stuff back and forth on the airfield until they went to the bg scrap yard in the sky.

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By: Meddle - 14th September 2017 at 12:54

Language being a wonderful thing, my inner Scot initially misinterpreted the comment “archaeologists created a 3D model of the car to understand how it was left on the site”. I thought: no 3D model required, the troops were simply finished with it and left it there to rot. This is because ‘how’ and ‘why’ share a sort of common overlap in Scots, to the extent that ‘how?’ is a usable answer to a question such as ‘can I borrow your MG for the weekend?’.

Not much more to add, really. Will it be at Legends? Some sort of moaning about dataplate restorations and a joke about Myanmar…

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By: Trolly Aux - 14th September 2017 at 12:53

Will it be at Brooklands 🙂

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By: John Green - 14th September 2017 at 12:16

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Very good ! I’d never thought of you as having a sense of mischief.

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By: jack windsor - 14th September 2017 at 12:08

I wish you’d consider more how you phrase your subject line…

regards,
jack…