Today i visited a WW2 Bomber Crash Site.

[h4muf]

Went up to Snake pass in the Peak District today to see a Superfortress that flew into the moors in 1948.

Went on my own with my Garmin GPS,visabilty was around 30/40 metres and was going to call it off!
I'd been to see it back in 1990 in the Scouts and was looking forward to seeing her again.
History here: http://www.glossopheritage.co.uk/b29.htm


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[MikeGTi]

Is that the one that clipped Higher Shelf Stones? I keep meaning to get up to that one..

There's a Liberator not too far away on the other side of the Snake.

[JonnyFive]

Is there a fence around it, or can you just wander along into the middle of a plane wreckage?

[h4muf]

It's in the middle of bloody nowhere!!

Nowt for miles

[motco]

There's a Liberator at a place known as the Fairy Lochs near Gairloch in Wester Ross. It's a war grave site.

[XG332]

I stumbled upon the memorial for a Halifax that crashed in the hills of the lake district. Huge sections of plane. Quite shocking.

[MikeGTi]

JonnyFive said:

Is there a fence around it, or can you just wander along into the middle of a plane wreckage?

You can wander all around it. Anything of value was taken long ago, and anything too big to remove was just left.

Now the majority are classed as war graves I believe, as has been said.

Really prominent reminders to the 'st happens' theory.. You can be fighting a war and still get hit by a bus...

[Defcon5]

Im guessing it was similarly foggy on the day it crashed?

[RemaL]

Defcon5 said:

Im guessing it was similarly foggy on the day it crashed?

Or having issues after being riddled with bullets?

[Defcon5]

RemaL said:

Or having issues after being riddled with bullets?

Who were we bombing in 1948?

[remedy]

GPS? Pah, the gf and I did it by old fashioned OS in January in the 70mph winds! It was brilliant but very sobering as you come across the moor and see the extent of the site.
Did you see the marked graves of the 13 crew? I was taking pictures of them and didn't even realise what they were till the gf pointed it out.

We walked West to find the Lancaster and Dakota that are within about 2-3km. The Lancaster went straight into the side of a hill rather than clipped the top and we couldn't find anything. The Dakota is spread out from a fence at the top of the escarpment down in a small ravine that has a stream that flows down to the old roman way. We followed it down and found a wing section, undercarriage and other unidentifiable stuff in the river/stream.

The story goes that the Dakota wreckage was found by an RAF Sergeant who was walking up there with his gf in the late 40s aiming to find the wreckage of the Lancaster that went down a few weeks before on the otherside of the hill. The lady saw some people 'sleeping' and on investigation they realised this was another crash site. Alledgedly the Dakota was carrying a jeep that went straight through the cockpit when the plane hit the hill

[s3fella]

Anyone else surprised those with a tendency to have both phones and homes that are mobile haven't weighed that in yet?

[h4muf]

remedy said:

GPS? Pah, the gf and I did it by old fashioned OS in January in the 70mph winds! It was brilliant but very sobering as you come across the moor and see the extent of the site.
Did you see the marked graves of the 13 crew? I was taking pictures of them and didn't even realise what they were till the gf pointed it out.

We walked West to find the Lancaster and Dakota that are within about 2-3km. The Lancaster went straight into the side of a hill rather than clipped the top and we couldn't find anything. The Dakota is spread out from a fence at the top of the escarpment down in a small ravine that has a stream that flows down to the old roman way. We followed it down and found a wing section, undercarriage and other unidentifiable stuff in the river/stream.

The story goes that the Dakota wreckage was found by an RAF Sergeant who was walking up there with his gf in the late 40s aiming to find the wreckage of the Lancaster that went down a few weeks before on the otherside of the hill. The lady saw some people 'sleeping' and on investigation they realised this was another crash site. Alledgedly the Dakota was carrying a jeep that went straight through the cockpit when the plane hit the hill

Yep! All true i think,he thought it was a lanc!

[h4muf]

The weird thing about today was it was full-on low cloud,till i found the Wreckage,then 20 minutes later the sun burnt through and it was Glorious!

[skinley]

RemaL said:

Or having issues after being riddled with bullets?

It wasn't shot down.

[Steamer]

I thought this was the Shackleton - I'm sure we lost one of those in a very similar story, and the remains can still be visited today.

Love Shackletons.

[minky monkey]

I'd love to see that. Didn't know there was anything like that still around. I do love a bit of military history!

Mind you, with all that metal, it's a wonder the DAYL's haven't managed to get a transit tipper up there yet!

[steviejasp]

Haunting photos, thanks for posting.

Off topic but if the earlier poster likes Shackletons, have a ride down here:
http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/shack/sha...

[TITWONK]

hi,
do you have the gps location? would be a good day well spent to go and see that

[OldJohnnyYen]

Nice find, ive seen a it a few times and its always been foggy.

Do you know Dovestones? its not that far from where you were and there are a few wreckages within half an hour walk of the car park. Very little left of the Mosquito and Dakota though but still worth a look for.