Current Aviation Archaeology News
The stories of some recent digs and further news items appear in our magazine - See 'Aviation Archaeologist'. Recent issues are still available.
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.
Magazines which are still available, for further information on each see their entry in Aviation Archaeologist
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