Big news for WW2 aviation enhusiasts!
According to local press, works for unearthing more than 50 Focke Wulf FW190 fighters are underway. The fighters were buried near the Kayseri Aircraft Maintenance Center in 1947 and their exact location was unknown.
Turkey bought 72 FW190A3’s from Germany in 1942. Spare parts had become an issue after German retreat and some of the fighters were lost in mishaps. After the war, the remainin fighters were withdrawn from service because of low serviceability and condition by US on military aid agreement in 1947. The aircraft were buried in oiled canvas covering in Kayseri and remained there since then. Their location was not recorded properly.
http://www.sabah.com.tr/ekonomi/2016/10/14/gomulu-savas-ucaklari-cikiyor
By: TonyT - 20th August 2017 at 23:36
There’s also a garden in Bermondsey with a couple of boxes of 20mm ammunition buried in it. Someone I used to work with was on 340 Squadron at Biggin Hill, conveniently close to Bermondsey. I never found out why but there was a need to “lose” them so he took them home and buried them.
I know of a similar case during my service, prior to an AOC’s inspection the Armours hid a practice bomb as they hated their boss, being missing a bomb from ones inventory during an audit is a serious problem, but he managed some how to arrange for a bomb to replace it, fine until the morning of the inspection when he found the armourers had put the missing bomb back, he then was one up which was even worse as he couldn’t claim it had been dropped but not recorded, so he had to hide it until he could get rid of it, which he did back to the source after the inspection.
I myself during an inspection of the barrack block in NI opened the top locker on the wardrobe in my room (that was never used as you had to stand on a table to reach it) and found a load of 7.62 rounds… panic mode set in… so I gathered them up and nipped down the the armoury, banged on the window, told the guy what I had found and he said, “Ohh we’ll have those off you mate, they’ll come in handy as we sometimes come up short after range firing etc” handed over and glad to see the back of them, had visions of me having hat off interview.
By: Moggy C - 20th August 2017 at 22:49
I think we all know there isn’t. Nor is there likely to be. It’s the way of these ‘buried intact’ fantasies.
Moggy
By: Runway06 - 20th August 2017 at 20:21
Anyone know if there is any update to this ?
By: trumper - 4th November 2016 at 22:47
By: Bruce - 4th November 2016 at 11:03
The topic is FW190’s in Turkey. As promised, references to Burma/Myanmar have been, and will be deleted. Please play nicely.
To be clear, I’m not going to wade back through this thread deleting every off topic reference. I have neither the time, nor the inclination.
By: Dr Strangelove - 4th November 2016 at 09:31
Go digging around on an airfield you’ll usually find something, probably not what you’re looking & occasionally something you’d wish you hadn’t dug up.
Dr S, hoping something worth while will be unearthed, while observing from a safe distance 😉
By: Runway06 - 4th November 2016 at 06:49
There’s a well known saying amongst treasure hunters, expedition explorers and even aviation memorabilia collectors which goes along the lines of ‘The chase is better than the acquisition itself’
I wish the project luck regardless of the outcome, for me and many others ‘Its all about the Chase’
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October 14, 2016 at 8:23 am