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Old 23-06-2013, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Graeme View Post
I think my list of crashed military aircraft in Northumberland since 1915 reached around 500 entries. I can't believe that every piece from every crash was recovered, so yes, there are plenty of bits out there. There is a lot of the Halifax bomber up on Glendhu Hill in Kielder, with plenty of recognisable bits among the trees:

That's quite amazing.

I was thinking about buried unrecovered aircraft in accessible territory, like the Alnmouth spitfire. It must have cratered a hole and then been filled in by the farmer without much being removed.
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