Mill Hill (Derbyshire)

Mill Hill
Mill Hill
	Wreckage of the Liberator bomber on Mill Hill
Highest point
Elevation	544 m (1,785 ft)
Prominence	32 m
Parent peak	Kinder Scout
Listing	TuMP
Coordinates	53°24′37″N 1°54′34″W / 53.4103°N 1.9095°WCoordinates: 53°24′37″N 1°54′34″W / 53.4103°N 1.9095°W
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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Mill Hill at themountainguide.co.uk. Retrieved 10 Mar 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mill Hill at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 10 Mar 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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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[tmg-1] Mill Hill at themountainguide.co.uk. Retrieved 10 Mar 2016.

[hb-2] Mill Hill at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 10 Mar 2016.

[pdac-3] 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.

[4] USAAF B24J Liberator 42-52003, Mill Hill, Kinder Scout, Peak District at aircrashsites.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

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