Friends of Fishbourne Roman Palace Talk: The Excavation of the Holme Fen Spitfire

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Join the Friends of Fishbourne Roman Palace for a fascinating talk on Saturday 22nd July.
This is the poignant story of the last flight of the plane and the pilot a young man from Brighton.

During October 5th to 11th 2015 Oxford Archaeology East, local community volunteers, and members of Operation Nightingale excavated the remains of Spitfire Mk Ia X4593 'Kerala' near Holme Fen in Cambridgeshire.

Anthony Haskins, the project officer in charge of the excavation, graduated from York University in 2002 with a BSc in Archaeology and then in 2004 with an MSc in Zooarchaeology. He has worked for Oxford Archaeology since 2007.

He has particular interests in the Late Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and aviation archaeology and has been involved with the excavation of P51D Mustang 'Ellie May' and Halifax Bomber LL587.

Outside of Oxford Archaeology, Anthony has taken part in several community excavations in the Chichester area. The last one was the People of the Heath community excavation project at Petersfield Heath.

This event has been organised by Friends of Fishbourne Roman Palace. All profits to fund projects at Fishbourne Roman Palace