Buried in Burma is the story of Lincolnshire farmer David Cundall’s quixotic quest to dig up a squadron of Spitfire aircraft he believes were buried at the end of WWII.

Armed with a high-tech survey which shows mysterious shapes under the sunbaked surface of Yangon International Airport, David’s 2013 expedition is equipped with state of the art JCB excavators, supported by a crack team of archaeologists, and funded by international computer gaming company Wargaming.

Nothing is going to stop him from recovering the iconic aircraft because, as David confidently tells the world’s media, “it’s impossible to make up this story.”

But what the research team unearths is a tale of delusion and deceit which highlights the conflict between archaeologists and treasure hunters, those who believe and those who demand evidence, and the enduring power of legend in the modern world.

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Produced by Room608 Productions, in partnership with Wargaming.