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The excavation of the Hurricane:
The excavation took place on Saturday, September 11th 1982. The information I have about the excavation is based on a newspaper clipping dated September 13th, 1982 from 'Het Laatste Nieuws' - a Flemish news paper. According to the news paper, the following officials were present at the excavation of the plane:
representatives of the British Embassy and representatives of the 'Luchtvaart Museum, Brussel' (= Air Museum, Brussels), amongst whom the Technical Advisor of the Air Museum, Brussels.
Prior to the excavation, a rural policeman had contacted the British Ambassy, Brussels and the Belgian Ministry of Defence to inform them about a fighter plane still lying buried beneath the land of a farmer at Huldenberg. According to the author of the newspaper article, both British and Belgian Officials showed their interest in the excavation of the plane, but weren't eager to carry all the expences, especially when a crane was needed to make it all possible. Consequently, the rural policeman took the initiative in own hands. A firm lent the crane-driver and crane. Two weeks prior to the excavation of Sept. 11th 1982, the wings and flaps were already dug out by volunteers with the aid of spades. Found were several guns and 700 to 800 rounds of ammunition. Weapons and ammunition were all handed over to the Belgian demining service. The Belgian demining service even sent men with metal detectors to pin-point the exact location of the plane.
In the article the following is stated: 'At present the search goes on for numbers and mark indications, necessary for the further identification of the aircraft. With the results London would be able to identify the pilot who flew that aircraft at that time.'
I wrote the British Ambassy in Brussels, but was thus far given no concrete answer as to what happened to the unknown pilot's remains.

René, I'm a member of the history circle of Huldenberg.

Regards,
Dirk