Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22699 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two aircraft crash site |
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Summary
A crashed World War Two Spitfire fighter aircraft was excavated in 1986.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 568 070 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF50NE |
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| Parish: | MARSHLAND ST. JAMES, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 1986.
Excavation of crashed aircraft. Marked from grid reference given, though location called 'Outwell'.
Spitfire Mark 2 number P7913 flown by 'Screwball' Beurling. Cockpit and engine fairly intact and to be displayed.
Excavated by Fenland Aircraft Preservation Society.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 June 1986.
Monument Types
- AIRCRAFT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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