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Wreckage of US fighter aircraft is unearthed in Essex

The Guardian

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October 27, 2025

On 26 January 1944, a young US pilot was flying a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft on a wartime training exercise when it crashed in Essex.

- Dalya Alberge

Local people witnessed 2nd Lt Lester Lowry's aircraft diving to the ground and bursting into flames. Lowry was not seen to bale out and he has remained missing in action (MIA) for more than 80 years. Ironically, his plane was named "Lucky Boy".

Now, in a field near Great Bardfield, a recovery operation has been taking place to unearth the mangled remains of the wreckage, some of which will be repatriated to Lowry's home in Pennsylvania.

This special mission is being overseen by the US Department of Defense PoW/MIA accounting agency (DPAA) as well as the UK's Ministry of Defence and Cotswold Archaeology.

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