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| CHER Number: | MCB28737 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War II crash site, Oakington |
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| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Parish: | Oakington and Westwick, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire |
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Full description
1. Aircraft 3Z+BW werk nummer 5123 was a Junkers JU88 A-5 bomber which crashed on 30/31st July 1942 near Cuckoo Farm Oakington. The crew may have been returning form a raid on the Midlands, and possibly failed to find their target or got lost. The aircraft circled around Oakington aeodrome before dropping a flare followed by small high explosive bombs. The airfield defences opened fire and severely damaged the aircraft. 3Z+BW werk nummer 5123 caught fire and climbed steeply before stalling at about 5,000 feet when it fell into a veritcal dive and crashed into a field near Cuckoo Farm. The wreckage was scattered and much was salvaged at the time. A propeller blade and large sections of engine were recoved during the 1950s. The site was excavated in 1991. Some fragments are still found today
<1> Evan-Hart, J., 1988, War Torn Skies - Cambridgeshire (Bibliographic reference). SCB62280.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Evan-Hart, J.. 1988. War Torn Skies - Cambridgeshire. |
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