The Buried Spitfires of Burma book

The inquest verdict was death by moderator suffocation.

I just finished the book and it mentions this forum and “that” thread several times and I find myself posting for the first time in over three years, and that last post was five years on I think……… It’s an interesting read, slightly odd as it weaves in fictional threads to build up the context for the alleged burial of the aircraft. Other than that, have I missed much 😉 

The lack of response to the Burma Spitfires book ( apart from the light footfall here at present ) is that the whole story, as far as we remember it,  is unsatisfactory and frustrating,  because we know that nothing was found.  

I would be interested to read a more illuminating review of the book, but I have to say I am not minded to buy it.  I know any book with Spitfire in the title gets a flying start,  but the premise of the narrative seems a  challenging pitch to any reader who ‘knows the ending’ 

The frustration is magnified because there remain some credible voices in the historic aircraft ‘industry’ who assert that there are good reasons to keep at least an open mind, and that the failure so far to locate anything does not, by default,  mean there is nothing to be found. 

I will wait for ”The Spitfire Squadron Which Rose From The Grave’.   Might be a long wait though..

You may well be right about the Burma ‘debate’!

Indeed, on its last legs with only a very faint pulse, but an interesting read nonetheless.

A sad reminder of the golden days of this forum, but arguably that Burma debate was the beginning of a long lingering end had we known it

I doubt even that topic can inject any more interest into this place!