Record Details
| NHER Number: | 45351 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two aircraft crash on Holme Brick Farm |
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Summary
A Wellington aircraft taking off from Methwold Airfield (NHER 4937) on 6 January 1942 crashed on Holme Brink Farm.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 73230 95230 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NW |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
6 January 1942.
05.20 hrs Wellington taking off from Methwold airfield crashed 'on Holme Brink Farm'.
See (S2) in file.
Does this mean literally on the farm (this site) or somewhere on the farm lands?
The former is implied.
E. Rose (NLA) 17 October 1996.
Monument Types
- AIRCRAFT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1996. Memories of bomber crash. 17 October. |
Related records - none
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