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Noha307
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Is there a squadron of Spitfires buried in Birmingham?

I read somewhere there was a P-39/63 buried in some tunnels in Cincy at some point. Ya think that's still there too? :lol:

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I heard there was a B-17 stuck in mud in Florida...

Oh, wait, there is...

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And a B-17 that was ditched in Lake Erie!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Don't forget the dozens of Bee-Twenny-Nines sitting on some base in Cali-phone-ya...right next to that stack of crated $50 jeeps. :lol:


Oh, wait. There WAS a bunch and there WAS a big pile of scrap that used ta be...

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The article wrote:
"There could be houses over them or anything now because it was all fields in them days."

I hope those people don't mind their houses being dug up. :lol:

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I see on the Flypast Forum one 'wag' has referred:-

'Burma/Birmingham...Crate Expectations'.

Priceless.

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Don't know about Spitfires, but Birmingham sounds like a place where there might be some really great cheap kitchens.

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Why do people in Alabama need cheap kitchens? What they really need is a good football team. Gig em Johnny!
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Why do people in Alabama need cheap kitchens? What they really need is a good football team. Gig em Johnny!
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Only a true Texas RED NECK would know about cheap kitchens :lol:

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m50a1ontos wrote:
Don't forget the dozens of Bee-Twenny-Nines sitting on some base in Cali-phone-ya...right next to that stack of crated $50 jeeps. :lol:


Oh, wait. There WAS a bunch and there WAS a big pile of scrap that used ta be...

Some of em are even still there!

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muddyboots wrote:
m50a1ontos wrote:
Don't forget the dozens of Bee-Twenny-Nines sitting on some base in Cali-phone-ya...right next to that stack of crated $50 jeeps. :lol:


Oh, wait. There WAS a bunch and there WAS a big pile of scrap that used ta be...

Some of em are even still there!


SSHHH! don't tell anyone...the natives get all p!ssy when old airplane nuts start askin around about 'em :twisted:

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The closest they would let me get was binocular range :evil: But it was still sweet! :D

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muddyboots wrote:
m50a1ontos wrote:
Don't forget the dozens of Bee-Twenny-Nines sitting on some base in Cali-phone-ya...right next to that stack of crated $50 jeeps. :lol:


Oh, wait. There WAS a bunch and there WAS a big pile of scrap that used ta be...

Some of em are even still there!


Wasn't that also Col. Rohr's claim a few years back?
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k5083 wrote:
Don't know about Spitfires, but Birmingham sounds like a place where there might be some really great cheap kitchens.

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Best. Quote. EVER! :lol:

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