Spitfre and Hurricane parts in a tunnel

Absolutely

The whole of the UK is covered in sites where factory fresh parts of all WW2 aircraft were carefully wrapped in corrosion suppressing material and buried to await our discovery some many years later.

I think the same tunnel in Yorkshire actually connects with the one at Bundaberg in Australia, somewhere close to the earth’s core.

Moggy

It is a confusion, some steam engines were kept in reserve in WW 2 in tunnels, but not for long.

Absolutely

The whole of the UK is covered in sites where factory fresh parts of all WW2 aircraft were carefully wrapped in corrosion suppressing material and buried to await our discovery some many years later.

I think the same tunnel in Yorkshire actually connects with the one at Bundaberg in Australia, somewhere close to the earth’s core.

Moggy

Dont forget the secret bunker full of aircraft hidden under Castle Hill in Townsville…. oh wait…. or was that vehicles and ammo dump…. no no… I believe it was full of mustard gas…

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It is a confusion, some steam engines were kept in reserve in WW 2 in tunnels, but not for long.

Thats another confusion … !

And don’t forget the ones stored in the Uk’s Area 2 ( we could not afford the full 51 version) :p

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Do not forget the island somewhere off the west coast of Scotland – purposefully infected with Anthrax to protect all the military equipment stored in underground bunkers!

I think 109pff may have gathered by now that this is probably one of a long series of urban myths about buried / concealed caches of WW2 equipment.

It is just possible that one of them will turn up trumps one day, but I certainly wouldn’t place any money on it.

Meanwhile 109 – is your user name related to 109Sq?

Moggy

Not brand new, wrapped, greased, green plastic wrapped and vacuum sealed with an MU stamp but look at what is being/has been recovered USAAF wise in Norfolk.

I think 109pff may have gathered by now that this is probably one of a long series of urban myths about buried / concealed caches of WW2 equipment.

It is just possible that one of them will turn up trumps one day, but I certainly wouldn’t place any money on it.

Meanwhile 109 – is your user name related to 109Sq?

Moggy

Hi Moggy yes my name is related to 109Sq.Looks like this is another myth like you say as an old railwayman I do know this happened in Northamptonshire near Ravenstone wood where the MOD had a place tho it was eventually taken out and stored at Cardington.:cool:

My Dad was an M/T Corporal at Little Staughton 🙂

Moggy

It raises another question of what happens to ‘Stores ‘ that aren’t on the books so to speak when a squadron or airfield closes down , all those little triumphs that the Quartermaster has ‘won , after all the kosher kit has been returned ?
are they dumped into a convenient hole in the ground ?

my grandfather served in the RFC during ww1 and was staioned close to some American base. When the war ended, the Americans dug a massive hole in the ground and chucked in all sorts of stuff, including vehicles, are these things still there ? needless to say the brits looked on in absolute bewilderment.The Americans when asked couldnt be bothered to take it all home

Must have been the same bunch of Yanks that buried hundreds (depending on who you talk to…) of WLA Harley Davidsons, crated and corrosion-inhibited, under Broadford football oval in Victoria, Australia!!!

My Dad was an M/T Corporal at Little Staughton 🙂

Moggy

A friend and I have collected several itens from a dump at Litte Staughton .with permision of course.We met some of the Vets a coulple of years ago and had drinks with them in Bedford as they told us a few stories .
I worked with the grandson of F/S Bryn Leach DFM one of Ted Swales VC DFM crew.

It is a really great field to visit.

Last time I was there was on a veteran’s day. The BBMF did a couple of passes and I took the son of one of the vets for a quick circuit

Moggy

Is the US still selling off stuff at Molesworth which came back from Germany as well as from closed UK bases?

my grandfather served in the RFC during ww1 and was staioned close to some American base. When the war ended, the Americans dug a massive hole in the ground and chucked in all sorts of stuff, including vehicles, are these things still there ? needless to say the brits looked on in absolute bewilderment.The Americans when asked couldnt be bothered to take it all home

Yea – and the Brits too, but we couldn’t afford to take it home.

Soggy

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It is a really great field to visit.

Last time I was there was on a veteran’s day. The BBMF did a couple of passes and I took the son of one of the vets for a quick circuit

Moggy

I was there at the church got some great film of the Lanc really low passes.I am friends of a farmer that owns some of the land and there is a large dump on it he only allows two of us on it .Great bunch of guys had my mouth open with some of the tales.

Absolutely

The whole of the UK is covered in sites where factory fresh parts of all WW2 aircraft were carefully wrapped in corrosion suppressing material and buried to await our discovery some many years later.

I think the same tunnel in Yorkshire actually connects with the one at Bundaberg in Australia, somewhere close to the earth’s core.

Moggy

Sorry Rob, not trying to shoot you down but need to use your comment to get my point across.

What really irks me about threads like this is those that immediately quash any ideas of buried parts or stories from individuals that have heard of parts in tunnels or being dumped in lakes etc.

If it really is a load of toss, then how do you know? Really..come on. I for one would like to read first hand accounts of shovel in ground finding nothing to be related here. Or the opposite of rumors being prven true!

Having over a decade worth of experience in a air museum and hearing all sorts of stories we decided to check up on a few.. low and behold yes the rumor of a building made out of Lancaster Bomber wing panels was true and yes we could have said panels before the building was torn down..
At such and such an airbase, loads of aircraft were scrapped and parts buried.. really?Well one sunny day a field trip to said base turned up parts from 3 different aircraft types with large pits of non scrappable(SP) parts being dumped. I am waiting to hear results of the ground survey work on that.
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So.. dear reader, if you hear a story and you are for or against… get out there and research, knock on doors, visit locations and prove right or wrong if the story is true or not!
Sorruy but it just has to be said sometimes..

Must have been the same bunch of Yanks that buried hundreds (depending on who you talk to…) of WLA Harley Davidsons, crated and corrosion-inhibited, under Broadford football oval in Victoria, Australia!!!

There were a bunch of WLA’s recovered in Devon back in the early ’80’s. I worked on 5 of them. :p
& if I’d been a bit quicker I’d have been the guy digging em up.. 🙁