WWII Consolidated Liberator plane wreck Derbyshire visited 3-3-2011

[mistericeman]

Visited early in 2011,
Not a difficult site to find unlike some and a fairly easy walk from the nearest road.Somewhat uphill (they seldom seem to crash in easy locations)but easy going.Visited with the Mrs and friends ...ohhhh and the dogs

"The aircraft was being ferried from Burtonwood to Hardwick by a two man ferry crew on the 11th October 1944, the two men took off in the aircraft from Burtonwood near Warrington at 10:32. The set a course of 135o and climbed to an indicated altitude of 2800 feet. At approximately 10:45 while in cloud and moderate to severe turbulence Lt Houpt spotted a small gap in the cloud and saw the ground was only about 150 feet below him. He then applied full power and began to climb, but before they could gain any meaningful height the aircraft struck the ground on Mill Hill some 1.5 miles from the Grouse Inn between Hayfield and Glossop.

The two men extricated themselves from the shattered cockpit and walked along one of the streams until they reached the Hayfield to Glossop road. A passing lorry driver stopped and picked them up and took them to a nearby pub where Lt Houpt telephoned Burtonwood to report the accident. They were then retrieved by an Ambulance from Burtonwood and their injuries were then treated. These were mainly cuts & bruises but Lt Houpt did suffer a broken jaw."

Info again courtesy of T'internet.

Nice to see the radial engines still in place ...although they have had a fairly hard life exposed to the weather let alone the initial impact .

[simonix]

Cracking shots, love the old radials!

[jay6600]

Wow great pics m8 some substantial wreckage left there ,that single engine shots ace! glad the pikeys dont venture to such places

[mistericeman]

Funnily enough it seems the distance has put them off a bit ....Mind you the Sabres not far away bear some grinder scars ...though i suspect not recent



And apparently the cockpit lives in someones garage

[Clough]

Wow a full wing pretty much, nice

[mistericeman]

Wow a full wing pretty much, nice

If you look on my other post of the Sabres (bottom of here) http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthr...ghlight=sabres

you can still make out the Aircraft ID's on the wings

[Rustynail]

What a trek that was! My first and probably only aircrash explore.

[mistericeman]

What a trek that was! My first and probably only aircrash explore.

Puff !!!!

i'll pencil you in for some of the others