B-24J Liberator 42-52003 of the 310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, crashed near Glossop on the 11th October 1944
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.

Jo | The Wandering Wildflower

November 28, 2022

There are two sites where the plane wreckage is located. The one nearest the path has part of the fusilage and an engine, and the site further to the north east has another engine and part of the port wing. The site to the north east has an obvious track running to it if you're coming from Mill Hill but is harder to see from the other direction.

Simon Wilson

April 18, 2024

This part of the wreckage is NE of the main one

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