A wet and windy one today, so only got one wreck, this Hampden crash site near Holme. I'm holding a big chunk of iron, with some smaller bits of aluminium balanced on top, discovered by metal detection in the explosion crater.
Yes, I know it could be a dog turd from this small photo but ask yourself, would I be cupping a dog turd in my hands?
Location:SE 09965 05743
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Wreckage from Phantom crashed near Millthorpe in 1970, found only by metal detector use.
Location:SK 31046 75718
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Previously molten aluminium from this Harvard near Foolow
Location:SK 18679 76836
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Site proving wreckage from the Shackleton wreck near Foolow. Left where we found it.
Location:SK 19324 76649
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This photo of the supposed V1 crater covers the same area shown in the previous visit photo. There is now however no debris to be seen anywhere around the crater. Has the site been looted by "souvenir hunters"?
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Visited the Oxford wreck on Howden Moor-couldn't tell if it had been interfered with, but there seems to be looters active in the area, judging by evidence at the V1 and Consul sites.
Of course, unlike the other two, this one is a War Grave, covered by by the Protection of Military Remains Act. That may cause them to think more carefully before looting..
Location: see previous post
Detail from the wreckage of this Wellington Bomber on Rud Hill near Hathersage.
Third of the day, prior to unsuccessful searches for minutiae at the nearby Blenheim and Miles Master sites.
Location: SK 26154 83825
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A Flying Fortress, nicknamed "Mi Amigo" crashed in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield in 1944. This memorial was erected at the crash site.
Second of the day for us yesterday.
Location: SK 32870 85919
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First of the day, this memorial to a mysteriously crashed Meteor in Millthorpe
Location: SK 31732 76318
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This jet engine on Ashop Moor has been dropped onto its side by someone since our last visit. Or maybe it's the elusive second engine? We are investigating. See 24th Jan 2008 post for results of the investigation.
Location: SK 07348 90256
A detail from a collection on Ashop Moor with many electrical components at SK 07327 90072
Other than scraps, this was the only collection of fragments we found on the descent to Ashop Moor.
Location: SK 07015 89912
The vicinity of the impact site at : SK 06925 89678
RAF Roundel on this wing fragment from a collection at SK 06977 89721
Still on top of Kinder Scout, this was at SK 06959 89767
We went up on top of Kinder Scout, and then down onto Ashop Moor today to find the impact site and other bits from this mid-air collision of two Sabre jet fighters which we missed on our previous visit.
This collection of bits was the first we found on Kinder Scout at: SK 07012 89795
The highest fragment found on the slope below the impact point was this part-buried bit at SK 08111 94719. Above this, only the impact site(or sites if you prefer), shown in this previous post as "Dakota Wing".
Another undercarriage member was at SK 08140 94628.
Yes, I know I previously said SK 08144 94596. What do you think this is, NASA? Take an average if you are going to be picky.
Fragments at SK 08085 94459.
There are reports of a reduction gear near this location, but we would not describe this in that way.
The Twin Wasp engine at SK 08052 94333.
Peak District Air Crashes says there is a second one of these just below the fuselage, but we did not see it, and they are hard to miss. Alan Clark from the site comments as follows:" I see the other engine hasn't re-appeared at the C-47, it vanished in the flash flooding in 2002 (when Glossop was drowned), the engine that is now out in the gully was previously buried and quite a bit higher up before the flooding."
These were the lowest fragments we found, each maybe a metre long, at SK 08054 94272
We also verified that we had correct location and identification for wreckage local to Memorial to the Lancaster on James Thorn.
This wreckage pile gets moved about a lot, it looks different and usually smaller each time it is photographed..
Location: SK 07921 94775
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Location:SK 12807 87554
We missed this engine at the last visit. Mick was trying out some arty settings on his camera..
Location: SK 08874 86578
Wreckage at the site of the crash of this Oxford. Mostly plywood, which is unusual in our limited experience, but it was apparently quite a major component of the Oxford. Presumably preserved in this case by the humic acids of the peaty water. Last of the day today.
Location:SK 02555 71720
Another contentious site, these flakes of paint or dope come from the wreck of either a DH-60 or DH10 on Burbage Edge near Buxton. No trace of digging (as previously reported at the site) was seen.
Location:SK 02358 71584
This memorial is at SK 41952 40412, in St Andrew's Churchyard, Stanley, near Derby. The debris field was however widespread, and therefore less well defined.
Quarry Farm could be a number of local places..
The congealed remains of DeHavilland Vampire F.B.Mk.5 WA400 on Strines Moor. Last of the day.
Location: SK 21842 89802
Impact crater and wreckage at the site of the 1993 crash of an ex-RAF Hunter on its way to an airshow.
This one is at SK 20855 94342 on Broomhead Moor.
First of the day last Thursday was this Wellington Mk.IC which crashed on Broomhead Moor. This wreckage pile consolidates the two which previously existed.
Location:SK 23481 95417
This Oxford wreck on Axe Edge was the first we found last Thursday. These undercarriage brackets seem to predominate at most Oxford wreck sites.
There often seems to be clay pigeon and target shooting going on at the nearby farm. Look out for red flags!
This scatter of mostly previously molten bits of aluminium on Shining Tor has provoked considerable controversy.
The author of "Peakland Air Crashes" considers the testimony of a local shepherd that the site was in existence in 1943 to prove that it cannot be the Norseman, which crashed in '44. He also reports a metal detector search as revealing nothing at the crash site the Norseman's pilot logged.
The owner of the "Peak District Air Accident Research" website insists that inspection stamps on some recovered parts prove it to be the Norseman.
We dunno.
Location: SJ 99831 73579
The minutest of minutiae at the Harvard site on Shining Tor.
Location: SJ 99748 73741.
Oxford wreckage on Shining Tor. Last of four wrecks found last Thursday.
This wreckage is at SJ 99800 74629.
There is also a half-buried fuel tank at SJ 99813 74648.
Monday's visit to the Liberator on Mill Hill prompted by viewing the area in Google Earth yielded some new (to us) significant groups of wreckage at SK 05748 90650 and SK 05774 90651.
This photo is of the larger of the two clusters.
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Failing to find anything at the Canberra site near Monyash, we went for an easy win with this monument erected over the crater of the crash site (and grave for three of the crew) of a Whitley near Muggington(SK 29516 43973). More information about the crash is here.
Previous reports suggested that any scraps of wreckage ploughed up were laid on the foot of the monument. Any such scraps seem to have gone, and to have been replaced by accident or design with half a dead rabbit.
We'll get back to the Canberra under more favourable circumstances...
A big scar on the moor, but no really big chunks of wreckage at this wreck site centred around SK 00155 63607 on the Roaches.
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This looks to be much more material than previous visitors had seen.
Location: SK 00401 64709. Our first German 'plane wreck.
Second wreckage location: Closest location at SJ 99068 67394 to that previously given for for SX314 wreckage, but probably still SP325.
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Found in between the two wreckage locations at SJ 99116 67348. Not seen this bit photographed elsewhere. It is probably from SP325. The larger component is perhaps 9" along its longer axis.
Both components have a fastener detail which might prove useful in deciding where they came from.
First "Seafire" crash site: SJ 99180 67337.
This wing component is probably from SP325.
Memorial to the B17 wreck at SJ 99442 67762.
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