Time Team are excavating the crash site of two B-26s at Warton. Details are available on the forum on the Time Team website under “Warton aerodrome dig”. I’d put a link up but for some reason it won’t stick. Looks like they may have found at least enough parts to reconstruct at least one example.
By: Mark Gaskell - 11th January 2005 at 22:37
17:00 Sun 16th
Channel 4
Time Team
Tony Robinson and the team recruit the help of the RAF and an experienced crash investigator when attempting to retrieve the wreckage of two American bombers buried in the sands of Warton Marsh, near Preston. The aircraft collided just after take-off in November 1944, killing all the crew, but can the team uncover what lay behind the disaster? Eye-witnesses and American pilots provide clues regarding the accident
Duration: 60mins
By: paulmcmillan - 30th July 2004 at 12:33
ID’s
Google is your friend
29/11/1944 Douglas A-26 43-22298
29/11/1944 Douglas A-26 43-22336
By: LaurentB - 30th July 2004 at 12:26
Looks like they are Invaders:
Pics
found on this forum:
http://community.channel4.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=162603557&f=8896096411&m=6436065301
Laurent
By: Whitley_Project - 30th July 2004 at 12:12
Time Team are excavating the crash site of two B-26s at Warton. Details are available on the forum on the Time Team website under “Warton aerodrome dig”. I’d put a link up but for some reason it won’t stick. Looks like they may have found at least enough parts to reconstruct at least one example.
“I have a cunning plane my Lord…”
Classy line 😉
Here is a bit more info:
http://www.lep.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=73&ArticleID=829571
Looks like the boys from Millom are behind it.
By: Hatton - 30th July 2004 at 12:10
Looks like they may have found at least enough parts to reconstruct at least one example.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!It must be a very substantial find, i hope you are right.
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