HOWDEN MOORS AIRCRAFT WRECKS UPPER DERWENT VALLEY

On a scorching hot day in July of 2009, having both just been made redundant from our jobs of 30+ years, my pal Dave and I set out on a few adventures to blow the cobwebs off. Here we hike the moor to visit 3 aircraft wrecks above the Derwent and Howden Reservoirs in the Peak District. The film is more or less in two parts, firstly a fun hike along the valley and up to Rocking Stones and Crow Stones Edge, then second a more sombre time at the crash sites of the 3 aircraft, Icelandic Airways Airspeed Consul TF-RPM at Broadhead Clough Head which crashed on 12.4.51 with the loss of the three crew: Pilot Capt Pall Magnusson, W/Op Mr Alexander Watson and Passenger Mr Johann Rist. Next the Airspeed Oxford LX518 on Featherbed Moss which crashed on 18.10.1943 and its solo occupant Pilot P/O Dennis Patrick Kyne was killed. Finally we visited the Stirling 4-engine heavy bomber LJ628 at Stainery Clough on Upper Commons. This aircraft crashed on a training flight 21.7.1944. Fortunately all ten crew survived, but two were injured. Pilot`s were F/O O`Leary and F/O Gardiner.

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