Burma hi-jack

See ‘Skyjack’ by David Phillips, there had already been 24 hijacks by 1954. This one is not included in that book.

Interesting story today about the World’s first (fifth?) hi-jack.

A government C-47 in Burma, snatched by the rebels

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28014394

Moggy

I was privileged to know Alex Hare in the early 70’s. He was still flying Daks then for Air Anglia.
A real gentle and unassuming man-who like most of that generation-spoke little about their past experiences.
but just got on doing their job without complaint or fuss.
As a mere earthling I feel honoured to have worked with so many pilots of that era-who in my eyes were and are true heroes. (unlike certain other extremely opinionated and outspoken “heroes”-who are mentioned in another current thread)
In many cases its only now in my later years that I have found out some of the events they managed to survive.

Could it have been…. is it at all possible that sophisticated aircraft restorers could so change the appearance of a C47 as to make it an exact copy of one of the marks of a Supermarine Spitfire ?

I ask in a spirit of enquiry knowing that the many clever a/c engineers and enthusiasts on this forum are quite capable. In the meantime, I’ll ask around.

Oddly there was that story of JCBs being buried under completed basements in London just this week.

I did think this piece gave an insight into the turbulent situation in Burma in those days.

I wonder what happened to the C47?

Moggy

Silly me I thought for a moment someone had pinched a JCB. 😀