Wessex Archaeology (2019). Galloper Offshore Wind Farm. Heritage Method Statement: Recovery of AB_OSP_Mag_145: Aircraft Material - Post-excavation Assessment Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1055300. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Galloper Offshore Wind Farm. Heritage Method Statement: Recovery of AB_OSP_Mag_145: Aircraft Material - Post-excavation Assessment Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Galloper Wind Farm Limited to undertake the mapping and recovery of aircraft wreckage located close to foundations for the Offshore Substation Platform. The fieldwork was undertaken using a Work class Remotely Operated Vehicle (WROV) and crane mounted clam shell grab in January 2017 to map the site and to recover archaeological material considered to be at risk of impact by the development. A total of 177 finds were recovered and subjected to specialist analysis. These were interpreted as being part of the tail and upper fuselage of an unidentified B-17F or G, probably lost between spring 1943 and summer 1944. A single human remain, a fragment of mandible (jaw bone), was part of the recovered materials and could be from one of the aircrew. Most of the finds recovered were small, fragmentary and in poor condition and no intact aircraft structure was located. The available evidence suggests that although small fragments may remain buried within the impact area, there is unlikely to be a substantial buried wreckage. The available evidence also suggests that the crash site is likely to be widely dispersed, probably as a result of the aircraft breaking up in the air and/or destructive post-site formation processes.
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Author:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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Site: Galloper Offshore Wind Farm
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Grid Reference: 647460, 260550 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) AIRCRAFT COMPONENT (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) AIRCRAFT CRASH SITE (Monument Type England)
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MARITIME (AO Cat Resource Type)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-357552
OBIB: 106224.01
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Created Date:		 16 Aug 2019