Author Topic: Bleaklow B-29 Superfortress Crash Site (With Video)  (Read 937 times)

Seferix

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On the same day we visited the B-24 Liberator on Mill Hill, my friend and I decided to take the short walk to visit the B-29 Superfortress Crash Site near Bleaklow Head too. This site was reported to have significantly more wreckage over a larger site.

Guided Walk Video: https://youtu.be/Ol7wTGWsptg

Full Trip Report: http://www.lakedistrict-walks.co.uk/2019/March/26.03.2019_Bleaklow.html


Heading up Doctors Gate - a Roman Road



The crash site is just near the summit of Higher Shelf Stones which is the peak over there.



There is a faint path along the moor



A view of Manchester



Higher Shelf Stone summit



The B-29 Superfortress 'Overexposed' Crash Site












A very evocative place to walk...


Thanks for looking :)

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Innominate Man

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Re: Bleaklow B-29 Superfortress Crash Site (With Video)
« Reply #1 on: 15:22:27, 18/11/19 »
Good photos of a very sombre place. Such crash sites are always upsetting.
I once saw a photo of a commemorative plaque in honour of the crew of a Wellington, which was very poignant for me. The aircraft had flown from a particular airfield where my Grandfather had ben based in WWII. It was very likely that he knew the crew of that plane.


As for the B-29 (Overexposed), they were the type of plane used to fly the atomic bombs.
On the one hand is a plane used to destroy life/nature while on the other, is a plane that itself was destroyed by nature (arguably by a failure of navigation rather than pure nature alone).
So beware all - remember how important navigation is.
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Re: Bleaklow B-29 Superfortress Crash Site (With Video)
« Reply #2 on: 22:29:22, 18/11/19 »
Sad....but good photos :)
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