Mill Hill (Derbyshire)
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File:Liberator bomber wreck, Mill Hill - geograph.org.uk - 43608.jpg
Wreckage of the Liberator bomber on Mill Hill
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Highest point | |
Elevation | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). [1] |
Prominence | 32 m[1] |
Parent peak | Kinder Scout |
Listing | TuMP |
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Geography | |
Location | Derbyshire, England, UK |
Parent range | Peak District |
OS grid | SK061904 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 110; OL1W |
Mill Hill is an open, flat-topped hill, 544 metres (1,785 ft) high, in the Peak District in the county of Derbyshire in England.[1][2]
Location
Mill Hill lies about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of the town of Glossop in the hills of Derbyshire's Peak District and a similar distance northwest of the Peak's highest point at Kinder Scout.[2]
Description
Mill Hill is a bare, domed summit covered by peat moorland that lies on the route of the Pennine Way about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of the highest point in the Peak District, Kinder Scout. There is a cairn and marker pole at the summit. The summit area has been eroded by visitors such that the highest point is now to the NE.[2]
Aircraft crash site
On 11 October 1944, a Liberator of the US 310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, crashed at Mill Hill.[3] The aircraft was being moved from RAF Burtonwood to RAF Hardwick. After having problems at take-off, the aircraft climbed to 2,800 feet.[3] After experiencing turbulence, the aircraft flew into the ground in low cloud despite a warning from the navigator. The 2 crewmen, 2nd Lt Creighton R Houpt and SSgt Jerome M Najvar, survived the crash.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mill Hill at themountainguide.co.uk. Retrieved 10 Mar 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mill Hill at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 10 Mar 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 B-24J Liberator 42-52003 of the 310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group: Crashed near Glossop on the 11th October 1944. at www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ USAAF B24J Liberator 42-52003, Mill Hill, Kinder Scout, Peak District at aircrashsites.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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