Hi Nick,
This is really interesting! We have an airfield at Pulham in South Norfolk
which originated in WW1 as a site where airships were built and tested.
During WW2 it was used for storing salvaged bits of crashed aircraft and
there are some fantastic post-war aerial photos which show great piles of
different bits of aircraft in different parts of the site. I must confess
that when I added this info to the HER in 2007 I couldn't find an
appropriate index term - in fact looking back at the record I think the
indexing leaves quite a lot to be desired!
Sorry I can't be more help. It is definitely worth checking whether there
are any good post-war aerial photos that might give you a better idea of the
extent of your site though - the ones I found of Pulham were really
interesting (even to someone who doesn't love planes and airfields that
much!) and the process of salvaging the materials from the crashed planes
appeared very well organised.
Best wishes,
Alice
From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records
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Sent: 07 January 2019 16:04
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Subject: Plane Scrapping post WWII
Hi HEROes
Happy New Year to you all.
Just before Christmas I received some additional information about a site in
Durham which was supposedly used to scrap planes post World War II. I had a
vague record of it on the HER before (based on emails from a Countryside
Ranger) but the site appears to have grown 9ie bits have been found in a
different area), so I am interested in trying to find out more about this.
Anyone ever heard of anything like this, or know of any references I could
chase up?
So far I am
1. talking to the local person to pick their brains (local legend has
it as a Spitfire wrecking site, with parts being sold for salvage, and metal
melted down, again, presumably, for salvage)
2. talking to a friendly crash site investigator I have corresponded
with before (as I have been handed some bits, so wanted to try and work out
if they are from a plane, and if possible which one - which is probably a
very long shot)
3. have thought of, but not tried, checking out the County Record
Office, National archives etc to see if there is any information about it (I
assume there should have been some sort of contract at least) - but wont be
able to check these out unless I have a bit more to go on and a volunteer
willing to look into it (and have one in mind)
So anything other those avenues appreciated.
And in case youre interested, I have logged it as a "Ship Breakers Yard", as
theres no term for Plane Wrecking yard (HE DSU - I'm looking at you.)
thanks
best wishes
Nick Boldrini
Historic Environment Record Officer
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