You will all no doubt be aware of the Crash Sites Guidance Note, produced by EH a year ago, advising on the significance of crashed military aircraft and suggesting procedures and protocols for their investigation, management and (in select cases) protection. One of the key points was to establish best practice principles and persuade the aviation archaeology community to adhere to these. One aspect of this was the recommendation that the records of any excavations are passed to the local SMR/HER.
A year on and we are interested in establishing how successful this Guidance has been. It would therefore be helpful to hear from you (and answers perhaps off list, unless there's a more general point to be made) the extent to which information has been passed to you over the past year, and whether you have noticed a significant increase on previous years. If it is possible to quantify this that would be helpful too.
If information is forthcoming (and I have also contacted the British Aviation Archaeological Council, NMR and the RAF Personnel Management Agency - who issue licences for excavation) I will compile a summary report and circulate it to the List.
With thanks.
John
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