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..

Thanks for the clarification. Is it usual, I wonder, to run an aero engine without propellers fitted ?

This photo supposedly shows EI-ARF,  and the ‘ventilated’ look about the hangar is perhaps the collapse referred to on the previous page.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/59854275@N07/16457950294

This (probably) airframe has  now emerged for sale in the USA

”This extremely rare Caudron C277 has been restored to an extraordinarily high standard and just needs a few jobs doing in order to finish it off and make it airworthy. It came out of the Ryder Fighter Museum and has since had all new fuselage, wings, cowling, horizontal stabiliser & rudder as well as all new landing gear. The engine is a Renault 4P, currently stripped down but found to be in excellent order and ready for meticulous assembly, something you’d probably want to do rather than taking someone’s word for it having been done.

All flight controls and gauges are present other than the air speed recorder & altimeter. It’s currently licensed as “experimental” by the FAA, common practice for this type of aircraft. Whilst it has had in the region of $200000 spent on the restoration the owner is happy to sell for a fraction of this cost.
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Used in the Hollywood films “The Blue Max” (released 1966) and “Von Richthofen & Brown” “released 1971”.

https://afors.com/aircraftView/51445
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Looks great  !   Very jealous, but where are the people?   Hardly anyone there….

Such a shame that Sunday was scrubbed

What sad news.  Melvyn was a big participant in this forum for years, and still a bit,  in more recent times.
His Rearwin restoration was evidence of his own personal commitment to vintage aircraft, and  numerous people including myself were lucky enough to have a trip.

He was a total aviation person, but somehow found the time to be even more beside.