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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.
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Remains of Spitfire discovered in Wiltshire
For people badly injured in battle, digging up the remains of a Spitfire shot down by enemy fire in World War Two might seem a little odd. But that's what's happening on Salisbury Plain where serving and former military personnel are helping archaeologists to unearth the wreckage.
Fred spoke to senior archaeologist Richard Osgood and asked him about Operation Nightingale.
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.