Mill Hill
This Liberator was on a ferry flight from Burtonwood (BAD 1) to Hardwick (Station 104) on October 11th 1944 when it flew into rising ground near the 544-metre summit of Mill Hill. The two man ferry crew survived the crash with only minor injuries. The crash site is just over two miles from the Grouse Inn on the A624 Glossop to Hayfield Road.
2nd Lt Creighton R. Houpt - Pilot
SSgt Jerome M. Najvar - Flight Engineer
The B-24J was being delivered to the 93rd Bombardment Group (H) as a replacement Pathfinder aircraft. Because of this it was fitted with the H2X Bombing Through Overcast (BTO) radar.
Ford Motor Company B-24J-15-FO Liberator s/n 42-52003 c/n 3534 from 310th Ferrying Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
Grid Reference: SK 05851 90643 on September 29th 2011
© Stephen Huckvale Photography
