Military Aircraft Crash Sites - Historic England
This page provides information on the protection of military aircraft crash sites in England. If an excavation license is granted it offers advice on best professional practice. It also explains how the records of crash sites within Historic Environment Records are being enhanced.
Military aircraft crash sites are an important part of Britain’s military and aviation heritage. Predominantly dating from World War II, during which there was a massive expansion in air activity over the UK, they comprise the buried, submerged or surface remains of aircraft, most of which crashed either in combat or training.
Map Plots 30,000 Luftwaffe Air Raids on The UK During WW2
Oct 22, 2019 · Experts at the University of York and the Britain’s National Archives have created an interactive map which shows the locations of over 30,000 air raids on Britain during WW2. It has detailed accounts of when and where bombs landed in the country between 1939 and 1944.
aircrashsites.co.uk – Air Crash Sites in the UK
See here for the story of this air crash, the recovery party account, more photos, directions and grid references plus grid refs for visiting other crash sites on Bleaklow. For other pages please select a category from the green menu bar above (there’s a drop down list for the air crash site posts), or the list at the bottom of this page.
RAF Crash Sites 1942 – 1945 – aircrashsites.co.uk
Jun 1, 2013 · aircraft that crashed into the sea off the north Wales coast during World war 2. The crash site being about 7 miles out to sea from Prestatyn. The skipper of the boat we used to dive with found it when he was fishing and caught his nets in it.
Exploring Kent's Past - Kent County Council
Aircraft Crash Sites at Sea A scoping Study: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment: Originator: Wessex Archaeology: Date: 2008: Summary: An assessment of aircraft crash sites at sea in...
Interactive map shows every bomb the Luftwaffe dropped on UK …
Oct 16, 2019 · From the first bomb to hit the mainland in the Firth of Forth, Scotland on October 16 1939 to the last on March 29 1945 on the south east coast, all can be found on the new map. More than 32,000...
Norfolk :: East Anglia World War Two Aircrew Crash Memorials ...
User contributed article about, Wartime aircraft crashes and the Memorials in Eastern England
31 images tagged with 'WW2 aircraft crash site' :: Geograph …
Geograph Britain and Ireland is a web-based project to collect and reference geographically representative images of every square kilometre of the British Isles.
Military Aircraft Crash Sites - Historic England
Nov 1, 2002 · Belonging to a period still well within living memory, crash sites have significance for remembrance, commemoration, their cultural value as historic artefacts and the information they contain about both the circumstances of the loss and of the aircraft itself.