9th in a series of 11 plaques, erected by Arts UK to mark the areas ironstone history.

In 1944 a fragment of a crashed German bomber was taken and hidden near here by two brothers. The rumour spread that an enemy spy had removed a vital piece from the crashed aircraft. Fearing they would be shot as spies they never retrieved the fragment from its hiding place.
Ironstone Plaque, Slaley Close, New Marske
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