Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21591 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two crash site on south side of River Thet |
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Summary
This is the crash site of a World War Two plane. Local people recall the plane passing over East Harling village in flames. The bomb load of the plane exploded before impact causing many windows in the village to break. The plane was possibly a B-17 of the 96th bomber group which crash landed on return from Hamburg on 13 December 1943.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 9798 8606 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98NE |
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| Parish: | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Around 1941 to 1945. South bank of River Thet at bend north of Middle Harling.
Crash site; flying fortress. Recalled by local people as having passed over East Harling village in flames; suggested that bomb load exploded before impact 'breaking half the windows in the village'. Finds on site are all very small vitrified fragments indicating intense fire.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 July 1985.
Possibly a B-17 of 96th bomber group which crash landed on return from Hamburg 13 December 1943, of which no location is known; but details do not sound the same. Not the same as a B24 tanker that crashed 8 January 1945 as this was amongst the farm buildings at Harling Farm (which?).
Information from Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 February 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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