Wreckage of a B-29 airplane on the peat moors of Bleaklow in the Peak District.
On the 3rd November 1948 RB-29A 44-61999 was being used for a flight from Scampton near Lincoln to Burtonwood near Warrington, a flight of less than a hour. Low cloud hung over much of England that day and as such the flight was to be conducted on instruments. After having flown for the time the crew believed it should have taken them to cross the hill they descended. However the aircraft was not quite passed the hills and struck the ground near Higher Shelf Stones and was destroyed by fire.
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Location: Shelf Moor peat moors Bleaklow Peak District
Photo credit: © Richard Newton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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