Spitfire unearthed in Wiltshire
An award-winning project which uses archaeology in the rehabilitation of injured soldiers is uncovering a crashed spitfire on Salisbury Plain.
Spitfire uncovered in Wiltshire countryside
An award-winning project, which uses archaeology in the rehabilitation of injured soldiers, is uncovering a crashed spitfire on Salisbury Plain. Serving and former service personnel will excavate the remnants of the fighter plane from 609 Squadron which was shot down in October 1940.
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