NHER 63457 (Monument record) - World War Two aircraft crash site (P-51 Mustang)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RACKHEATH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
This is the site where an American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft crashed during World War Two. The aircraft was from 479th Fighter Group based at Wattisham and crashed on 22 April 1945 killing the pilot 1/Lt. Robert C. Young.
December 2015. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey undertaken in order to investigate claims by local aircraft enthusiasts that this was the site where the P-51 Mustang had crashed.
The survey was not able to conclusively confirm the site of the crash. A high concentration of ferrous anomalies in the southern half of the field is however consistent with the debris pattern that would be expected at a crash site where the bulk of the wreckage had presumably been salvaged.
It was though noted that a photograph of the crash site shows the plane to be burnt out but the survey identified no evidence for intense or large-scale burning.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 June 2019.
May-June 2016. Metal-detecting Survey and Excavation.
Investigation of probable aircraft crash site ahead of main phase of excavation.
Report awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 June 2019.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF99969 Unpublished Contractor Report: Green, A. 2015. Land at Gazebo Farm, Rackheath, Norfolk. Geophysical Survey. Archaeological Services WYAS. 2832.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 18 2019 12:35PM