A group of archaeologists, historians and scientists have admitted defeat in a mystery which has spanned decades. After just over a month of digging for lost World War Two Spitfire planes in Burma ...

After a 15-year treasure hunt, a farmer and aviation enthusiast struck gold, uncovering as many as 20 World War II-era Spitfire planes buried in Burma at the end of World War II -- a find he may lose ...

Yar -- it's buried PILOT treasure! Like a treasure chest stuffed with priceless booty, as many as 20 World War II-era Spitfire planes are perfectly preserved, buried in crates beneath Burma -- and ...

Late last year we brought you the curious story of more than 100 missing Spitfires buried in Burma at the end of the Second World War, and the Wargaming.net-funded expedition to find and unearth them.

More than two weeks after a large team of researchers, archeologists and photographers arrived in Yangon, Myanmar, the search for a collection of Spitfires, which British farmer and warbird researcher ...

British farmer and aviation enthusiast David Cundall was living out his dream of digging up more than 100 crated World War II Supermarine Spitfires, but that dream has turned to a nightmare. Funding ...

An excavation team searching for buried Spitfires in northern Burma has found a wooden crate believed to contain one of the planes, but it was full of muddy water. It was not immediately clear how ...

A British team is preparing to fly out to Burma in an attempt to recover a hoard of "lost" World War Two Spitfire planes. Aviation archaeologists believe 36 of the famous aircraft were buried in 1945 ...