PRU SPITFIRE DISCOVERED
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Intact huh?
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great find, but maybe that should read "...found on intact mountain" !!!!
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fubar57
General
Yep, when I originally read the title my first thought was that it softly landed on a 5ft. bed of goose down and moss.....and then I saw the Independent's version of "intact"
buffnut453
Captain
In fairness, they had to bring down the components individually which probably explains some of the "componentization". However, I agree that it was likely not "intact" in a strict definition of the word, at least not based on some of the airframe damage visible in a couple of the photos.
However, really, REALLY glad they found this and are recovering/restoring it.
However, really, REALLY glad they found this and are recovering/restoring it.
Cool! Definitely not intact as we'd define it though.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Amazing that these artifacts continue to be found. I wonder how many more are out there.
Thanks for posting Geo.
Thanks for posting Geo.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
I wonder if it arrived in the UK in huge box, with an illustrated instruction sheet.
"Locate and cement Part 1 onto Part 2, after cleaning and restoration .....".
"Locate and cement Part 1 onto Part 2, after cleaning and restoration .....".
What are you kidding?!!! Glue is NEVER part of the boxes nowadays!
buffnut453
Captain
Illustrated instruction sheet? Isn't that cheating????
Only if you haven't built one before...
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
ok, so...it appears there wasn't a crate involved in this Spitfire discovery...
Crimea_River
Marshal
And there's only 1.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Was it found loaded on a Nazi Gold train by chance?????
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I thought the Nazi gold was stashed at their secret base in Antarctica? 
No they had to locate their new moonbase after the Google maps faux pas...I thought the Nazi gold was stashed at their secret base in Antarctica?
20 x cannon hits and 200 mg rounds, cannot possibly have been a Spitfire, they were far too fragile.
Kingscoy
Senior Airman
I have seen this a/c after the recovery. I know the chap behind the discovery. On his way back to the uk with the wreck he dropped by in Holland. The Spit crashed down slope and slided more ore less to its final resting place where the top side of the Spit was ripped off by an explosian. So all the recovered parts were remarkable large and some indeed intact...like an elevator and aileron. Amazing find.
