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    Memorial

    Boeing RB-29A Superfortress "Overexposed"

    Source: Copyright Steve Brownhill

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    Current Location

    Between Shelf Moor and Alport Low c 2km north of Snake Rd and 700m west of Pennine Way, Higher Shelf Stones, Snake Pass Or Snake Rd (a57), Bleaklow, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK13, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 090 948

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    © WMR-19155

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    19155
    Description
    A rectangular bronze plaque on a sandstone pillar amidst aircraft wreckage; incised depiction of aircraft at head; inscription incised in upright compressed capital block lettering.
    Inscription
    IN MEMORY/ HERE LIES THE WRECKAGE OF B-29 SUPERFORTRESS/ "OVEREXPOSED" OF THE 16th. PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE/ SQUADRON USAF WHICH TRAGICALLY CRASHED WHILST DESCENDING/ THROUGH CLOUD ON 3rd. NOVEMBER 1948 KILLING ALL 13/ CREWMEMBERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT FROM/ RAF SCAMPTON TO AMERICAN AFB BURTONWOOD./ IT IS DOUBTFUL THE CREW EVER SAW THE GROUND./ MEMORIAL LAID BY 367 AIR NAVIGATION COURSE OF/ RAF FINNINGLEY ON 12 NOVEMBER 1988.
    War
    Military Service

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 195mm

    Width: 305mm

    Depth: -


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Pillar

    Height: 850mm

    Width: 600mm

    Depth: 900mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Relic

    Height: -

    Width: -

    Depth: -


    Made from: Metal


    Condition: Unknown


    • The Times 10/ 1 November 2003 Description of site and outline of history
    • http://peakwreckhunters.blogspot.com/search?q=rb-29a
    • Peakland Air Crashes - The North by Pat Cunningham 37-38 Published:Landmark Collectors Library 2006 ISBN 13:978-1-84306-330-8
    Our Blog http://ukniwm.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/remote-peakland-crash-site-remembered/
  • Derby Daily Telegraph 28/26 October 2009