Record Details

NHER Number:15542
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two aircraft crash site

Summary

On 23 August 1942 a German bomber aircraft crashed in Walton Wood. The wreckage was removed at the time of the crash, although a few fragments of metal have been found since.

Images - none

Location

Parish:EAST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

23 August 1942. 'In Walton Wood at East Walton' (wood centred TF 740 156).
Dornier 217 (Do-217E-4 U5+SK wk/m 4267 of 2/KG-2) crashed at 23.25 hours after successful attack by British fighter.
Fenland Aircraft Preservation Society found 'only burnt scraps', probably in 1970s.
Information from Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.
E. Rose (NAU) 18 December 1979.

(S1) refers to much molten aluminium, and burnt trees. Most of wreckage was removed at time of crash.

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.
<S1>Publication: Aviation Archaeologist. No.3.

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