Hundreds of Spitfire parts 'waiting to be found' across Britain

I had no idea so much hardware was simply burried after the war. It would seem a waste of good material but I guess we have the possibility to reap the benefit of those decisions today.

That is just too exciting!

As far as aircraft went, prop planes were obsolete by the war's end.
Used to have some old National Geographic mags from the late 40s with pics of literally square miles of aircraft being cut up out in the desert.
Knowing the USSR had also captured Me-262s was quite an incentive. The P-80 was entering service at war's end and by 1947 he F-86 first flew.

Iv'e been digging all day.....all I found was an empty packet of Woodbines.

Batsy needs to get off his arse and start digging !

I'd love to see some enterprising firm build these planes again.