Spitfire redux: The WWII guns firing after 70 years buried in peat

[FrankJamison]

Now that is quality workmanship!

"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.

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



And video here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15660438

[Doug]

That adds a whole new dimention to archology:guns:

[Dwarflord22]

Amazing! Thank you for posting!! :clap:

[bsmith13]

That's awesome! I love Spitfires - nice to see one recovered.

[flyingryno]

Wow, great post thanks.