Comon man!!! What is the year you are living in?? If you want to know about the Syrian Spitfires, do a little Google earth research. If they were there in 1967/68 you would see them there to day, would´t you?? Or were they taken to some hide a-way cave or underground hangar (or hanger like some like to say) in the early eighties?
Go to google earth, Syria, and start looking “Norht of Damascus”:D
I don’t belive they still exists, but having used GEarth quite a lot in looking for aircraft, I’ll have to add; that its not that easy.
If they were spread out so you could recognise them, then GEarth would help you. If stored among scrap-heaps, or piles on top of each other, you will not see them. There are also quite a few very low resolution areas in Syria, nothing the size of a Spitfire could be seen there.
IF they still exist, or parts of them exist, they might be semi-scrapped like the Hinds from Afghanistan and not visible from GEarth.
No matter what, its a topic that someone should investigate. The Spitfire is generally a very well documented aircraft and you can find the full life history of most Spitfires. Adding the 20 Syrian aircrafts final fate, would seem appropriate. Besides, there is a tiny chance that something has survived, even if just some parts.
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