WW2 wreck of fighter plane off Welsh coast gets protected status
Ghostly remains of ‘Maid of Harlech’ occasionally visible in the sand
The skeletal remains of an American fighter plane that crashed during the second world war off the Welsh coast, and occasionally emerge ghost-like from the seabed, have been given protected status.
Welsh government officials say the resting place of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, nicknamed the Maid of Harlech, is the first military aircraft crash site in the UK to be protected for its historic and archaeological interest.