NHER 63457 (Monument record) - World War Two aircraft crash site (P-51 Mustang)

This is the site where an American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft crashed during World War Two. The aircraft was from 479th Fighter Group based at Wattisham and crashed on 22 April 1945 killing the pilot 1/Lt. Robert C. Young.

December 2015. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey undertaken in order to investigate claims by local aircraft enthusiasts that this was the site where the P-51 Mustang had crashed.
The survey was not able to conclusively confirm the site of the crash. A high concentration of ferrous anomalies in the southern half of the field is however consistent with the debris pattern that would be expected at a crash site where the bulk of the wreckage had presumably been salvaged.
It was though noted that a photograph of the crash site shows the plane to be burnt out but the survey identified no evidence for intense or large-scale burning.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 June 2019.

May-June 2016. Metal-detecting Survey and Excavation.
Investigation of probable aircraft crash site ahead of main phase of excavation.
Report awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 June 2019.