THAMESIDE AVIATION MUSEUMCOALHOUSE FORT, EAST TILBURY, ESSEX, ENGLAND.THE HOME OF AVIATION ARCHAEOLOGY IN ESSEX"If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say:'This was their finest hour!"Winston Spencer Chuchill .,,,,,,,1940. |
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| P3518 The First Dig | On August 11th 1974 we carried out our first dig, on Hawker Hurricane P3518 of 257sqdn |
| On September
23rd 1984 we excavated the remains of a battle of Britain
Me110 of the German Luftwaffe NEW 15th April 2000 |
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| HAWKER HURRICANE P3234 | Battle of britain Hurricane of 73 squadron |
| P- 51 | Captain Willie Tanner of the 353rd fighter group |
| Bristol Blenheim | Bristol Blenheim of 25 Squadron excavation 1975 |
| Hurricane P3966 | The Excavation of Hurricane P3966, The pilot came to the museum to view the remains of his aircraft. including a photo page. |
| Hawker Hurricane L1599 | The excavation in 1977 of the 53rd production Hawker Hurricane of 56 Squadron North Weald |
| Hurricane V6685 | On the 18th September 1940 Flt.Lt. D.G. Parnall was bounced by Me109s. |
| SPITFIRE R6625 | On the 35th anniversary of the crash, we excavated the remains of this Battle of Britain Spitfire.14/9/40 |
| P-47 DIG 1977 | The excavation of an 8th Airforce P.47 Thunderbolt. 78th Fighter Group 82nd Fighter Squadron based at Duxford,1/10/44. |
| Junkers Ju88 s-1 | A lone Junkers 88S-1 shot down by anti-aircraft fire in February 1944. Its radio opp returns to see the excavation in 1986. |
| HURRICANE AM280 DIG 1999 | Two Hurricane aircraft left Hunsdon airfield for a practice flight, one Pilot, and Two Hurricane's did not return, 26/11/42. excavated Easter "99". |
| Me 109 15/11/1940 | On the 15th November 1940 a RAF Hurricane of 605 sqdn shot down a Me 109 over the village of Horndon-on-the-Hill in Essex |
| B.17 of the 385th BG | On the 26th September 1943, Two B-17s of the 385th Bomb Group collided over the village of West Horndon, Essex, England. All crew members bar one pershed. also Our Freds Jeep in 385th colours |
| B.26 MARAUDER | March 8th 1944, two B.26 aircraft of the 344th Bomb Group 494th Bomb Squadron of the USAAF 9th airforce collided in mid-air over a village in Essex, in 1975 we excavated the remains of one of them. |
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