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Los Rhysos

11-10-2011 08:30 AM

Preserved Spitfire unearthed & the guns could still be fired!

An excavation at the site of a 1941 Spitfire crash in a bog in the Irish Republic uncovered huge, remarkably preserved chunks of plane and six Browning machine guns. After 70 years buried in peat could they be made to fire? They certainly could, writes Dan Snow:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15652440

WildBoar44

11-12-2011 08:51 PM

Great find Ace.... :) Thanks for sharing :-P

Ps...... Welcome to the forum...;)

CrashLanding

11-13-2011 09:12 AM

Thanks for posting. Very awesome to hear that beautiful sound. Brought to you by the patron saint of firearms, John Moses Browning.

MATTXYO

11-13-2011 09:51 PM

I'm sure I've read somewhere that the pilot of this spit was also back in the air the same day. Thanks for sharing.:)

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