On the 30th September 1940 two Spitfires engaged in a practice dog fight collided over Alnmouth. The two Spitfires were from 610 Squadron at RAF Acklington; L1037 piloted by 102587 Sgt. H.R Clarke, and K9818 piloted by 74324 P/O Charles Harvey
Bacon. They were at 14,000 feet at the point of collision, the wing being chopped off Bacon's plane. Bacon failed to bail out and was killed when it crashed into Alnmouth beach. Clarke managed to get out of his, but it is believed he struck the tail on the way and was knocked unconscious. He did regain consciousness and found himself descending, upside down with his chute only attached by a single strap caught around his ankle. He fainted again but did manage to make it to the ground alive.
Now the remains of Clarke’s plane were dug up in 1995, and are now in the Bamburgh Museum.
I wonder if there are more aircraft still ‘out there’ to be recovered?
They have a quantity of the recovered material laid out in its appropriate position against a silhouette of a complete aircraft.