NHER 57237 (Monument record) - World War Two aircraft crash site

On 14th May 1945 a P-51D Mustang from the US 339th Fighter Group crashed at this site. Its pilot, [1], bailed out successfully. The remains are protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 May 2012.

July 2013-April 2014. Systematic Fieldwalking and Metal-detecting Survey.
Survey of proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Field 185).
The examination of a 40m-wide corridor along the eastern edge of this field was abandoned following the discovery of a small group of munitions in the vicinity of the Mustang crash site.
See report (S1) and NHER 60238 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 August 2023.

September 2014. UXO Survey.
UXO Survey on proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable (Fields 185 and 186).
This survey was undertaken in order to identify and remove any ordnance present within the sections of the scheme corridor that would pass close to the Mustang crash site.
The survey recorded generally low levels of metal artefacts, although a denser cluster was identified close to the crash site itself. This comprised five objects identifiable as being from a P51 Mustang, munitions and 49 unidentifiable metal scraps. An isolated P51 Mustang part was also recovered in the south-east corner of the field. A cluster of eight metal objects identified in the field to the east were too deep to be investigated and were not necessarily associated with the crash site.
See report (S1) and NHER 60238 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 August 2023.