WW2 Spitfire to be unearthed from Cambridgeshire fen

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WW2 Spitfire to be unearthed from Cambridgeshire fen

A Spitfire that crashed in Cambridgeshire while on a training mission during World War Two is to be dug up by archaeologists.

The Rhodesian Squadron Royal Air Force plane, based at RAF Wittering, crashed at Holme on 22 November 1940.

Pilot Officer Harold Penketh, from Brighton, did not bail out and died.

The Spitfire remains were found after a geophysical survey of the area. It is hoped the recovered parts will be put on public display.

The cause of the crash was never fully established, although witnesses said the Mk 1A Spitfire X4583 broke formation and nose-dived into farmland in the village of Holme, south of Peterborough.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ca ... e-34403689

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