A fantastic trip into the Peaks to visit some sites near Tintwistle , Glossop the first is the crash site of Hurricanes PZ854, PZ765, PZ851 No 11 P.A.F.U, RAF Calveley 22 February 1945 .
The 3 aircraft flying a formation training flight led by Belgian Flt Sgt E.M.L.Marien had been warned to stay clear of low cloud but had entered the heavy haze over Manchester flying towards the unseen hills the leader only recognized the danger of Tintwistle Knarr at the last second sadly with no room all 3 fighters impacted the sloping rocky hill with the loss of all 3 pilots Marien and his fellow Belgian pilot on this flight Flt Sgt M.H.L.Orban had escaped German occupation heading to England to fight for their homeland Tragically they never got that chance .
At the site today there is little to show of this sad event a few
scraps in one collection and a couple of bits wedged in the rocks more
may lie in bracken below the impacts but i saw nothing in the growth .
Below the site near the woodland stands a marker cross to commemorate those lost on the hill in 3 crashes
Below the site near the woodland stands a marker cross to commemorate those lost on the hill in 3 crashes
Flt Sgt J.V.Robinson
Flt Sgt E.M.L.Marien
Flt Sgt M.H.L Orban
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