Welcome to Simon Parry's aviation archaeology site. Here we
hope to tell you about some of the recent excavations that
have been carried out in Europe and to provide useful links
to web based resources.
Countless aircraft fell to earth during World War 2, many
more crashed at other times, but remarkably few of the crash
sites were accurately documented. Throughout Europe and indeed
the rest of the World, enthusiasts have been gathering information
about aircraft crashes in their regions from eye-witnesses
before the stories are lost for ever. Mostly the wreckage
of crashed aircraft were taken away at the time or salvaged
for scrap, but occasionally it has been possible to recover
of the remains of a crashed aircraft. Depending upon the significance
and condition of the parts recovered, items found recently
have been displayed in museums or have been used in restoration
projects.
Simon Parry with Dambuster veteran George Johnson
during the filming of 'The Last of the Dambusters'.
OUT
NOW !
The phenomenon of ‘Aviation Archaeology’ –
finding the wrecks of long-lost aircraft – has captured
the public’s imagination and millions have watched the
TV documentaries as legendary machines have been lifted from
their muddy graves. Popular history shows such as Channel
4’s TimeTeam and BBC2’s Time Watch and Meet the
Ancestors - have featured these excavations, as have one-off
prime-time documentaries.
This books follows the excavations, the history and the men
and women who made the programmes happen – the Spitfire
Hunters – to tell the fascinating inside story. Featured shows:
The First Blitz - finding the Zeppelin L48 at Theberton (BBC2
TimeWatch)
Spitfire P9373 - Sgt Klipsch - No. 92 Squadron at Wierre-Effroy
(Ch4 Time Team)
Billy Drake and the Fighter Boys – No. 1 Squadron Hurricane
(BBC2 Meet the Ancestors)
Fighter Dig Live - Hurricane P2725 Sgt Ray Holmes / Search
for the Lost Fighter Plane – (Ch5 - National Geographic)
Who Downed Douglas Bader? – Spitfire W3185 (Ch4)
Last of the Dambusters - Lancaster ED825 - George Johnson
617 Squadron (Ch5 - Military Channel)
Flying Fortress B-17s - 385th Bomb Group (Ch4 Time Team)
A-26 Invaders - Warton (Ch4 Time Team)
BBC
Dig1940
Details of
the aircraft
excavations undertaken for the new WW2 history series
Dig 1940 made for BBC1.
Historian and archaeologist Jules Hudson with his aviation
archaeology team - led by Steve Vizard and Gareth Jones
- make some remakable discoveries.
1/ The Battle of France. Aircraft featured: Do17
at Lubey and Ju87
at Valmestroff
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Welcome to Simon Parry's aviation archaeology site. Here we
hope to tell you about some of the recent excavations that
have been carried out in Europe and to provide useful links
to web based resources.
