Tintwistle Knarr
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Detailed History
P-38 Lightning 42-67207 of the 554th Fighter Training Squadron, 496th Fighter Training Group crashed at Tintwistle Knarr on 10 May 1944. The crash site now lies within both the Peak District National Park and also The Dark Peak Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The pilot, Flight Officer Hugh Allen Jones was on a training exercise from the base at Goxhill when he became separated from the other aircraft in his section and was in the process of joining another section when the crash happened. Jones was killed in the crash, though the reasons for it are disputed. It is possible the aircraft experienced a mechanical failure, the engine caught fire, or Jones rolled the aircraft became disoriented and ploughed into the ground while believing he was climbing.
Jones is commemorated on a memorial below the Knarr
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-001846
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 496th Fighter Training Group 554th Fighter Training Squadron