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

The 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 assigned to 66 Bomb Squadron, 44 Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, and was knicknamed 'Texan'. The aicraft was one of 13 Liberators from Shipdham along with Flying Fortresses tasked with bombing the u-boat pens at St Nazaire on 3 January 1943. On return, the flight leader Major Key thought that they were not on the right course and headed for the Pembrokeshire coast. Each returning aircraft was now running low on fuel and desperately looking for a place to land. The 'Texan' ran out of fuel and crash landed in a field near Aberporth. The crew survived without injury.

Sources include:
Dyfed Archaeological Trust HER Ref: 105331
Doylerush, E, 2008, Rocks in the Clouds: High Ground Aircraft Crashes in South Wales, pg34
Pyper, A, 2013, Military Aircraft Crash Sites in South West Wales, Dyfed Archaeological Trust Report

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2014