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North American Sabre F.Mk 4s XD707 & XD730 of No.66 Squadron, crashed on the 22nd July 1954 on Ashop Moor near Glossop
James Desmond Horne
Flying Officer
Pilot (XD707)
Killed
Alan Green
Flight Lieutenant
Pilot (XD730)
Killed
Wreckage from both aircraft on Ashop moor, some distance from where they first impacted.
The aircraft were returning to RAF Linton-on-Ouse near York form an unsuccessful interception exercise during Exercise Dividend when they appear to have either collided in cloud or flown into the western side of Kinder, scattering wreckage over a wide area, the remains of the two aircraft were not found for three days due to bad weather.
Above is one of the main wheel oleos from either of the aircraftThis is the port wing from XD730 seen in September 1999. Compare this to the photograph of the same in wing in 2007, below, the serial number has all but faded.
Here is the other wing found at the crash site, this one was off XD707 although very faint the 707 can be seen.Above is Alanholding up the wing from XD707, almost all of the skinning has gone from the lower side of the wing and the roundel has been hacked at.A general view of where the aircraft came to rest after, in the background you can see the ground rising sharply up onto Kinder Scout.On top of Kinder there is a wreckage trail left when the two aircraft broke up following their initial impact.Towards one end of the wreckage trail is this centre section from beneath the fuselage of one of the two aircraft.There are number of sections from the wings and tail planes of the aircraft, as shown with this piece.
