The Age newspaper in Melbourne is reporting that the Burmese government has agreed to allow a British farmer to excavate 60 Spitfires thought to be buried there after the war.
David Cundall claimed to have found the cache of Griffon-powered Mk XIV back in February, announcing at the time that the aircraft were in crates, carefully wrapped and greased to preserve them.
The warbird community right across the globe has remained skeptical that the planes actually exist, as there have been many rumours over the years of caches of aircraft buried after WWII, most of which have proven to be myth or cannot be found.
That British Prime Minister David Cameron intervened with Burmese President Thein Sein indicates that Cundall has indeed some evidence of their existence, or has incredible powers of persuasion.
If the cache is there and they are retrieved in good condition, the recovery stands to be acclaimed as the greatest warbird find in history, with each plane having an estimated value of $2.3 million.