On the moors surrounding Glossop are the crash sites of a number of aircraft. One of the more famous is that of the USAF B-29 Superfortress that crashed at Higher Shelf Stones in 1948.Flying out of RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, it was named "Over Exposed" and crashed in low cloud.
Used as a reconnaissance plane, this is one of three such planes that has the dubious honour of accompanying the B29 that was tasked with deploying the atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
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