NHER 20761 (Monument record) - Prehistoric pot boilers and World War Two crash site

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Summary

A concentration of prehistoric pot boilers was found during field walking. This is the crash site of a B24 Liberator, from the United States Army Air Force base at Wendling, which crashed in March 1944, with the loss of the ten crew members.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91SW
Civil Parish FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1978 and 1982. Field walking. Ordnance Survey field Great Fransham 285. Mixed conditions.
Context 2 pot boiler site at TF 9048 1368, 28m east to west x 10m north to south.
Context 3 at TF 9050 1378.
World War Two crash site; no details known.
No other finds.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 23 October 1984.

For details of crash (a B24H Liberator, which crashed on 6 March 1944) from the United States Army Air Force base at Wendling see (S2) in file. The ten crew members were all killed.
E. Rose (NAU) 29 November 1984.

  • --- *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G285. AJGR.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. 1984. Report on Crash Site at Fransham.
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2021 11:20AM

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