IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Fortress Road, LOWESTOFT, NR33 8TZ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Fortress Road, NR33 8TZ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (36 Images Found)
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Portsch Close, Lowestoft
During World War II an American B17, "Flying Fortress" aircraft crashed in this area. The pilot 2/Lt Robert H. Portsch and Radio operator / navigator Stf/Sgt Douglas E. Seavert were killed. Their homeland was New Jersey and Ohio USA. This incident is commemorated by four named roads. Fortress Road, Portsch Close, Seavert Close and Ohio Close.
The incident occurred on the 14 March 1945. The aircraft was B17 - 44-6570 of 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, based at Lavenham where an engine caught fire on take off for Hannover with Robert Portsch as the pilot; having initially extinguished the fire, it reignited, and eventually crashed at Grove Farm, Pakefield, Suffolk. 2 KIA 8 bailed out safely. The memorial can be viewed here Image
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 8 Jul 2022
0.04 miles
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Fortress Road, Lowestoft
During World War II an American B17, "Flying Fortress" aircraft crashed in this area. The pilot 2/Lt Robert H. Portsch and Radio operator / navigator Stf/Sgt Douglas E. Seavert were killed. Their homeland was New Jersey and Ohio USA. This incident is commemorated by four named roads. Fortress Road, Portsch Close, Seavert Close and Ohio Close.
The incident occurred on the 14 March 1945. The aircraft was B17 - 44-6570 of 836th Bomb Squadron, 487th Bomb Group, based at Lavenham where an engine caught fire on take off for Hannover with Robert Portsch as the pilot; having initially extinguished the fire, it reignited, and eventually crashed at Grove Farm, Pakefield, Suffolk. 2 KIA 8 bailed out safely. The memorial can be viewed here Image
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 8 Jul 2022
0.05 miles
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New Roundabout
Between Carlton Colville and Pakefield
Image: © Ian Robertson
Taken: 18 May 2007
0.07 miles
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Memorial to two American airmen at Carlton Colville
"During World War II an American "Flying Fortress" aircraft crashed in this area. The pilot 2/Lt Portsch and navigator Stf/Sgt Seavert were killed. Their homeland was New Jersey and Ohio USA. This incident is commemorated by four named roads." The incident occurred on the 14 March 1945.
Fortress Road, Portsch Close, Seavert Close and Ohio Close.
Image: © Adrian S Pye
Taken: 12 Apr 2015
0.09 miles
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Telephone box by Fish & Chips shop in Long Road
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 16 Feb 2014
0.12 miles
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Telephone box off Elm Tree Road (A1117)
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 16 Feb 2014
0.12 miles