Archaeological remains are not confirmed as present at this location, but may be in the vicinity.

Any remains of this aircraft are designated as a Protected Place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. The Act makes it an offence to interfere with the wreckage of any crashed, sunken or stranded military aircraft without a licence. For further information on this Act and its administration with regard to aircraft, please contact the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre, RAF Innsworth, Gloucester, GL3 1RZ.

Event and Historical Information:
This Liberator was asisgned to 66 Bomb Squadron, 44 Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. It was one of 13 Liberators and Flying Fortresses tasked with bombing the U-boat pens at St Nazaire on 3 January 1943. The flight was returning when the leader believed they were off course and turned towards the Pembrokeshire coast to get a fix. Each returning aircraft was now running low on fuel and looking for a place to land. When engines 3 and 4 ran out of fuel, Liberator 41-23771 attempted a forced landing near the cross-roads at New House Farm, Puncheston. The aircraft disintegrated and 1 crewman was killed.

Sources include:
Doylerush, E, 2008, Rocks in the Clouds: High Ground Aircraft Crashes in South Wales, pg34
Dyfed Archaeological Trust HER ref: 105188
Pyper, A, 2013, Military Aircraft Crash Sites in South West Wales, Dyfed Archaeological Trust Report

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, January 2014.