This one is refusing to go away.

A nice picture on this article showing a spitfire flying past either The white cliffs of Dover or Beachyhead in Sussex, a familiar sight to us local boys 

This would have been a common sight in the summer of 1940 as both places were right in the thick of the Battle of Britain.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/spitfire-hunter-insists-planes-buried-4039956

I said this was going to run and run 

Also I didn't know that there were even as many as 4 two seater spits in the world let alone in the same place as per the picture!!!!!

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/search-for-burma-spitfire-will-go-on-in-2014.html

There be gold in them thar hills 

that's awesome 

So, the guy behind this has secured funing for a second dig probably in December or January on his second site of interest.

The people involved in the previous dig who no longer believe this story have also suggested that if there are crated aircraft buried they are more likey to be Auster aircraft, a general purose mache used for recon.

They appear to be having a little spat about this subject   

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/500k-to-keep-up-spitfire-search.html

More news on this one, the chap is nothing if not persistant!!!!

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/new-image-holds-key-hunt-5819555

fingers crossed

Indeed 

And now potential buried spits in Oz:

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/press-releases/search-buried-spitfires-live.html

And now he's secured new funding to proceed with his search:

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/press-releases/claridon-group-save-spitfire-project-burma.html

What's your feeling on this, DD?

To me it's looking more like a wild goose chase but I am sceptic. Formally a cynic. 

As I said before I admire his persistence. Are they throwing good money after bad, only time will tell.

There appears to be no official documentation to back this up, especially from the castle bromwich factory that manufactured the MkVIII spits in question as there are no serial numbers unaccounted for.

HOWEVER, the guy claims to have located evidence in the arcives to back up his claim, and it is just possible that a batch of aircraft could have been shipped off to the far east without having been allocated serial numbers first although it would seem unlikely you cannot discount anything in wartime Britain as we weren't as meticlous as the Germans when it came to record keeping. 

Could be some digging before xmas:

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/david-cundalls-search-lost-squadron-spitfires.html

I hope his persistence will pay off.

I hope so, it makes a great story but I also hope it isn't just that.