
Explore the work of Britain’s most experienced team of Aviation Archaeologists as they reveal remarkable secrets of World War 2.
The phenomenon of ‘Aviation Archaeology’ – finding the wrecks of long-lost aircraft – has captured the public’s imagination for years and millions have watched TV documentaries showing legendary machines being lifted from their muddy graves.
During World War 2, countless aircraft fell to earth, but remarkably few of the crash sites were accurately documented. The Wingleader team have been actively involved in finding those sites for over 40 years and have appeared in most of the famous TV recoveries.
This page covers the latest inside news from the aviation archaeology world along with recording some of the most significant digs from the past 40 years.
Remarkable artefacts recovered from downed Hurricane in France
Royal Australian Air Force Spitfire recovered in Wales
One of the First to Fall - Me109 recovered in Kent
Excavating the last major Luftwaffe raid in Dorset
Anson N9879 crashed in the Black Mountains
Recovery of Spitfire NH695 – First Allied Female Jet Pilot
Dornier 17 engine recovery with unexploded bomb cache
Test flight Lancaster recovered in Warwickshire
Battle of Britain Hurricane Excavated from a Kent Garden
Spitfire recovered from the Gower, Wales
Crashed Stuka recovered near Valmestroff, France
P/O. Staples' Spitfire recovered in Dorset
USAAF Spitfire dig in Wiltshire
Battle of France aircraft recovered from Somme
Great War Zeppelin L48 excavated in Suffolk
Crashed Pathfinder Lancaster recovered in France
Curtiss Mohawk recovered by The Marches Aviation Society
Recovered Spitfire examined during the Bader investigation
Spitfire once linked to Bader identified in France
Recovered Spitfire reunited with its pilot
Mosquito recovery in Shropshire – with an unexpected find!
The Marches Aviation Society Seafire dig in Yeovilton
Blackburn Firebrand dig near Boscombe Down
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