BRITISH AVIATION ARCHAEOLOGICAL COUNCIL

2012

May

The fragile remains of Nieuport 11 serial 3983 have been found on the Island of Thasos, North Greece. Canadian F/Lt Warner Hutchins Peberdy failed to return from a reconnaissance mission to Eastern Macedonia on 14 January 1917 and was posted missing.  Athens News story.

Dig WW2 with Dan Snow features the story of Spitfire P8074 recovered last year in Donegal, Eire. Photos. This dig features in Aviation Archaeologist Magazine (series 3 issue 10).

April

A Curtiss P-40 has been discovered in the Egyptian Sahara. Youtube video. Photographs. More photographs.  This is now thought to be ET574 of 260 Squadron, in which F/Sgt Dennis Copping went missing from a ferry flight after setting the wrong course on 28 June 1942.  Daily Mail article. Hopefully, it will be recovered for the RAF Museum.

Yorkshire Water searches for relatives of the pilot of Blenheim K7091, having found parts of the aircraft: BBC.

2/Lt Charles Moritz' body is returned to the USA after his P-51 was recovered in Lincolnshire. News articles: KSDK, The Republic, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Fox News, ITV News.

March

The remains of the crew of Dakota KN630 have been recovered and buried. The story is on the RAF website.

2011

December

English Heritage have announced a review of their "Military Aircraft Crash Sites: Archaeological guidance on their significance and future management" document, the review includes a public consulation, details being give on the EH website . The closing date for submissions has been extended to April 2012, with the next edition of this document being produced during 2012.

September

Boston BZ590, which went missing in 1945, has been found and recovered near the town of Ferrara, in Italy.

June

Memorial unveiled on 12th June 2011 at Mayfield parish churchyard, Staffs., in memory of the crew of Wellington Mk.X LP397 of No.28 OTU who died close by on the 13th June 1944

2010

July

Spitfire X4560 was recovered by the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum from Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens in July. 

June

Mustang Mk.IV KH838 recovered by the Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team from a garden near Wigan
P-51K 44-11632 recovered by the Marches Aviation Society and the Warplane Wreck Investigation Group near Nantwich

The wreck of a Vickers Warwick has recently been found in Scapa Flow.

2009

November

The remains of Blenheim Z7646 were recovered by the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum in 2009. 

October

Marches Aviation Society has recovered the substantial remains of Spitfire PT766 in Wales.

August

The Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group has recovered the wreckage of Halifax EB185 at Faldingworth.

A Hampden undercarriage leg was retrieved by fishermen at Skegness.

2004

Tidal action uncovered the wreckage of a Mosquito in the Wash in 2004. NS998 had been missing since 1945. The harbour master contacted BAAC and two of our groups in the area worked with the Ministry of Defence to investigate further. The MoD was able to recover the remains of the crew and a local museum will now put on a commemorative display of items from the aircraft. For further details, see the BBC website.