NHER 20528 (Monument record) - World War Two crash site

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Summary

Two United States Army Air Force bombers from the 392nd Bomb Group from Wendling crashed here during World War Two. Parts of the planes were found during ploughing.

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Map sheet TG02SW
Civil Parish FOXLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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5 July 1944. Second field west of former rectory.
Crash site; two United States Army Air Force bombers collided, 392nd Bomb Group from Wendling where there is a memorial obelisk.
Information from (S1). Wrongly called 'near church'.
Location supplied by landowner, who regularly finds fragments on the site after ploughing.
E. Rose (NAU), 13 July 1984

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. War tragedy remembered. 6 July.

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Record last edited

Oct 25 2018 1:07PM

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