Spitfire browning fires first time after 70 years in peat bog

[wildcard]

An interesting read (...I know its the daily mail...), and hopefully a program that will be shown over in the UK as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060047/Built-Guns-Spitfire-buried-peat-bog-70-years-time.html

Regards,
Mike

[rrmerlin]

Hi Mike.  Very interesting article; especially so with the remembrance of Veteran's Day/ Armistice Day.  I am curious about the picture of the Spitfire AC S MH434 as the last time I saw this tail number it was at Duxford with ZD B as its squadron mark. Cheers. 
David

[wildcard]

Yes I noticed that as well - so did a quick Google....taken from OFMC website

http://www.ofmc.co.uk/spitfire_hist.aspx


"November 1967 saw MH434 join the motion picture airforce of Spitfire Productions Ltd. Set up by Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie for the film Battle of Britain. At the end of the movie in 1968 MH434 was sold again. The new owner, Sir Adrian Swire, Chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways, had the Spitfire painted in 1944 camouflage colour scheme with his initials AC-S, as squadron codes. There were several film and television appearances during this period, including A Bridge Too Far".


Regards,
Miike

[Clive From Canada]

Interesting article but it's not uncommon to find WW II weapons that can still fire, mind you they didn't come from a bog after 70 years! Shame they had to deactivate it afterward for public display but that's the way it is I suppose.

Cheers,
Clive from Canada