The text is copied from culture24 and published by Richard Moss at 08 September 2014
'Archaeologists find remains of German Messerchmitt downed during Battle of Britain dogfight
The remains of a Messerchmitt Bf 110, shot down during a Battle of Britain dogfight, have been unearthed during a dig at Lulworth in Dorset.
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The graves of Luftwaffe personnel Gunter Beck and Georg Lammel
at Portland Royal Naval cemetery |
An archaeological dig at a Ministry of Defence site near Lulworth in Dorset has uncovered evidence of a German Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter that was downed by RAF fighters during the Battle of Britain in August 1940.
Large quantities of material, including fragments of propeller, Daimler Benz engines, ammunition, parts of the perspex canopy and other elements were uncovered by a team working at the Lulworth Ranges as part of Operation Nightingale, a groundbreaking initiative that uses field archaeology to aid the recovery of service personnel injured in conflict.