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Bleaklow Bomber
Blealow Bomber
Wreckage at crash site in 2017
Crash
Date3 November 1948
SummaryDescent too early in low cloud
SiteHigher Shelf Stones near Glossop
53°27′02″N 1°51′54″W / 53.4505°N 1.8651°W / 53.4505; -1.8651
Total fatalities13
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing RB-29A Superfortress
Aircraft nameOver Exposed
OperatorUnited States Air Force
Registration44-61999
Flight originScampton near Lincoln
DestinationBurtonwood near Warrington
Passengers2
Crew11
Fatalities13
Survivors0

The Bleaklow Bomber was a US Air Force (USAF) Boeing RB-29A Superfortress that crashed near Higher Shelf Stones on Bleaklow in the Peak District in 1948. It was modified as a reconnaissance aircraft, rather than a bomber.

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