Record Details

NHER Number:19530
Type of record:Monument
Name:Modern aeroplane crash site south of Hazlemere Hole

Summary

A Hawker Hunter jet fighter plane crashed here between 1945 and 1950. The engine of the plane landed on the doorstep of the nearby cottage Hazelmere.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 354 017
Map Sheet:TG30SE
Parish:LANGLEY WITH HARDLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

About 1945 to 1950.
Crash site. Hawker Hunter. Engine of plane landed in doorway of 'Hazelmere', cottage to south.
Information from Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 October 1983.

Monument Types

  • AIRCRAFT (Cold War - 1945 AD to 1992 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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