AN AMATEUR historian researching her former home accidentally stumbled upon the dog tag of an airmen killed in a plane crash.
Ann Brooker was looking into the history of her former home East Court Farm in Gillingham, where she lived up until a year before it was struck by a B26.
Researching online, she ended up at the Essex Record Office in Wharf Road, Chelmsford.
Ann, who lives in Thorpe Bay, said: "I was told there was a lot of information in the records office. That included a photo of a dog tag belonging to Edward F Bailey, who lost his life in the collision and that his family in the USA would love to have it returned to them. I searched the documents eventually coming to a page which had two things stuck to it.
"Turning the page, his metal dog tag fell on the floor. I was moved to tears."
