NHER 28555 (Monument record) - World War Two aircraft crash site

9 February 1942 Aircraft Crash Site. Lockheed Hudson.

29 November 1975.
Scatter of fragments found at above grid ref by Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum Staff.
See details in file.

Nothing seen at this location by NAU staff during Norwich Southern Bypass construction.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 November 1991.

February 2010. Norfolk NMP.
No features associated with the aircraft crash site described above could be identified at this location on the consulted aerial photographs, despite the availability of photographs taken only a few months after the crash (S1). A linear mark visible some distance to the north on these same aerial photographs (at TG 2351 0537) could be a related feature, particularly as it lies on both sides of the River Tas (the information provided by Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum (S2) indicates that the plane crossed the river as it skidded along the ground), and its location tallies more closely with the grid reference provided (S2). However, the mark is difficult to differentiate from the many others (mainly of recent agricultural origin) visible on the same aerial photographs, and its location also lies close to that of a later bridge (visible on later aerial photographs and depicted on modern Ordnance Survey maps), so it could simply represent an earlier river crossing. Consequently, it has not been mapped for the NMP.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 3 February 2010.