A new dig for the Birmingham Spitfires which are rumoured to be buried in Burma was beginning today.
Spitfire hunter David Cundall has finally been given the green light to start the fresh excavation work after weeks of frustrating delays.
Supported by Staffordshire-based JCB, a special hydraulic hammer was being used to smash through a layer of concrete near a perimeter fence at Yangon International Airport near Rangoon.
“Things are moving at last,” said 64-year-old Mr Cundall.
He has been on a 17-year Indiana Jones-style quest to try to find the World War Two fighters.
Legend has it that a batch of Castle Bromwich-built Spitfires, which were shipped to Burma but never flew, were buried in their crates before Allied troops returned home.
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