There is a Lincolnshire farmer by the name of David Cundall supposedly in Myanmar, (old name Burma), he reportedly went there in December 2013 being sponsored by the UK Claridon group and he reckons that he knows where between 20 and 120 new unused Spitfires were buried at the end of world war 2. Theres hope that they can excavate and bring them back to the UK
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He was there a year ago (say about dec 2012 - feb 2013), sponsored by Wargaming but they pulled out after initial digs were unsuccessful.
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Google brings up nothing since say end of Jan 2014.
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Do we have anybody who either knows the Farmer or of any FL owner in Myanmar who knows the current situation?
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I keep on searching Google but theres just nothing........
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Kind regards from Fred

I saw that on tv, all the hyp about definitely there etc and then they just seem to give up and go.

It was on TV a year ago when David Cundall made his first trip, he was backed up by a team of archaeologists who went scraping the surface with trowels, getting exited by tiny finds when in reality it was a JCB job to dive down deep.
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Hes now there on his second trip. What I find puzzling is that The Claridon Group is sponsoring him to stay inc hotels etc and nobody is reporting even for say Twitter.
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I just wondered if we had any members in Myanmar who might comment here.
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Kind regards from Fred
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I was pretty sure that based on his previous trip he'd admitted he was mistaken and that there was, in fact, no evidence of any buried aircraft at the site (Spitfires or otherwise)....

However, if he's back there again, perhaps he has learned something new?

An article dated Feb 2014 here says he is having to wait on the authorities for permission to continue.