NHER 27622 (Monument record) - World War Two bomb crater

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Summary

A World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1944 and 1955. It is similar in size to another crater, NHER 27621, 245m to the northwest and may have been created by the same plane during the same attack. There is now an industrial estate on the site and it is presumed that the crater has been infilled.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1 and S2), centred at TG 5202 0917. Its similar size to a second crater, NHER 27621, 245m to the northwest suggests that they may both have been the product of bombs dropped by the same plane during the same attack. The intended target was probably Great Yarmouth, although they could have been dropped opportunistically or even at random prior to an enemy aircraft making its return flight across the North Sea. In recent decades the site has been redeveloped as an industrial estate and the crater levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 1 September 2005.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 3108-9 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 58/1674 (F22) 0332-3 04-MAR-1955 (NMR).

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Record last edited

May 31 2006 11:30AM

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