Although the engines and large pieces were recovered, lots of wreckage still remains today and that got us thinking about other wreckages still visible, maybe nearer to home.
We had read about a Boeing B-29 Superfortress (one of those big American things that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan) crashing in the Derbyshire peak district and that large chunks of that wreckage were still there. So without further ado we parked up on the side of the A57 Snake Pass where the Pennine Way crosses, and headed up into the wilderness in search of the beast....
Well camouflaged grouse....
....apart from this one that had something red stuck to its head
Glossop, Manchester and the Cheshire plain
Steady progress from the Jrs
Nearly there....
“Here lies the wreckage of B-29 Superfortress “Overexposed” of the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron USAF which tragically crashed whilst descending through cloud on 3rd November 1948 killing all 13 crewmembers. The aircraft was on a routine flight from RAF Scampton to American AFB Burtonwood. It is doubtful the crew ever saw the ground. Memorial laid by 367 Air Navigation Course of RAF Finningley on 12 November 1988.”
Landing gear
All four engines are still there
18-cylinder Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone air-cooled radial engine
From Higher Shelf Stones
Back along the Pennine Way to our trusty Bongo
