Peak District Air Accident Research

Lockheed P-38G Lightning 42-12905 of the 78th Fighter Group crashed on Dunsop Fell on the 26th January 1943.

The aircraft was one of a number of aircraft being ferried from Goxhill near Hull to Langford Lodge in Northern Ireland, it collided with a second aircraft, 42-12928 and crashed on open moorland on Dunsop Fell.  The second aircraft crashed some distance away on Baxton Fell.

Not much remains at the crash site today, though for a P-38 it is not bad.

See the LAIT page about this aircraft for further details about this crash.

Another view of where the aircraft crashed.

Some distance away is another collection of wreckage, this consists mainly of items from an engine nacelle, though not visible clearly, in the centre of the photo is a small section of engine fire wall.  It has been suggested that this aircraft broke up after the collision or it could have struck the moor here with an engine being torn off and the aircraft travelling on.

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