Time Team - Season 12 - Eps 3: The Bombers in the Marsh - Warton near Preston, Lancashire
On 29 November 1944, two US Douglas A-26 Invader bombers crashed in Warton Marsh. Both planes, along with a number of others, had left Warton Airbase in formation, en route to join forces in the preparations for the Battle of the Bulge. Only one minute off the runway and 1,000 feet into the air, the aircraft collided and came to rest in the marsh. All the crew died. Their bodies were recovered from the planes, but an investigation into the causes of the crash was inconclusive. For this programme, Time Team enlisted a veteran air crash investigator, along with the RAF's 'crash and smash' team and other experts to try to find out what caused the crash. Each of the planes, including the engines, was believed to be relatively intact and, it was hoped, would provide the necessary information to determine why these two planes collided.
About Time Team
Title: Time Team
First Air Date: 1994-01-16
Last Air Date: 2024-04-07
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 14 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 22
Total Episodes: 239
Network: More4 Channel 4 YouTube
Genres: Documentary, Mystery
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.
Cast
Gus Casely-Hayford
Self - Presenter
Natalie Haynes
Self - Presenter
Carenza Lewis
Self - Field Archaeologist
John Gater
Self - Geophysicist
Stewart Ainsworth
Self - Landscape Investigator
Helen Geake
Self - Anglo-Saxon Specialist
Matt Williams
Self - Field Archaeologist
Derek Pitman
Self - Archaeologist
Lawrence Shaw
Self - Archaeologist
