British experts looking for a cache of World War II Spitfire planes believed to be buried in Burma say they have discovered a crate. The team has lowered a camera into the crate in the Kachin state ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – As many as 140 World War II Spitfire fighter planes _ three to four times the number of airworthy models known to exist _ are believed to be buried in near-pristine condition in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A British farmer is heading to Myanmar to lead efforts to unearth more than 30 Spitfire fighter planes, 17 years after he first heard rumours they were buried under a World War Two ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Members of an excavation team hunting for dozens of World War II-era British fighter aircraft believed buried at Myanmar’s main international airport said Friday that the search ...

Rumours that dozens of the iconic single-seat aircraft were buried in 1945 by Britain, the former colonial power in what was then Burma, had excited military history enthusiasts, but surveys at Yangon ...

The venture is backed with a million-dollar guarantee from a Belarusian videogame company. Backers say it will uncover dozens of Spitfires locked underground by American engineers at the end of World ...

KYAN KHINN SU, Myanmar — No matter what anyone else says, antique-aircraft buff David Cundall remains adamant about finding valuable World War II Spitfires buried somewhere in Myanmar. The English ...

(AP) A global video gaming company that funded a high-profile hunt for dozens of World War II-era British fighter jets in Myanmar has some bad news for aviation enthusiasts: It says none of the ...

For the past few weeks a team of scientists, archaeologists and documentary makers has been digging at Yangon's international airport in Myanmar, also known as Burma. They are searching for a ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar has signed a deal with a British aviation enthusiast to allow the excavation of a World War II treasure: dozens of Spitfire fighter planes buried by the British more than 67 ...