Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20528 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two crash site |
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Summary
Two United States Army Air Force bombers from the 392nd Bomb Group from Wendling crashed here during World War Two. Parts of the planes were found during ploughing.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0319 2138 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG02SW |
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| Parish: | FOXLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
5 July 1944. Second field west of former rectory.
Crash site; two United States Army Air Force bombers collided, 392nd Bomb Group from Wendling where there is a memorial obelisk.
Information from (S1). Wrongly called 'near church'.
Location supplied by landowner, who regularly finds fragments on the site after ploughing.
E. Rose (NAU), 13 July 1984
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. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. War tragedy remembered. 6 July. |
Related records - none
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