Derbyshire’s Mysterious Planes

Wreckage on one peak.

England’s Peak District in Derbyshire is often compared to the Bermuda Triangle. The reason for this is that 50 planes have crashed in the area killing over 100 people.

The Peak District has a reputation for being haunted. For it is here where witnesses have seen phantom planes—especially since World War ll.

These sightings still occur. In August of last year (2015) several witnesses spotted an historical WW2 bomber flying over the area. These witnesses all agreed one of the more unusual aspects of their encounter with this aircraft was despite the fact it was near by-- it made no sound.

On the day these witnesses saw this WW2 bomber there were no air shows in the area and there were no flight paths registered for historical planes flying that day.

Many point out these sightings as well as others in Derbyshire are odd because there are so few bomber aircrafts from WWll that are still flight worthy.

On August 3^rd Richard and Helen Jephson were driving on the A6 in Rowsley when they saw a mysterious plane. Their car windows were down and this plane was flying so low to the ground the Jephson’s reported they could have reached out and touched it.

Yet they heard no sound despite the plane had 4 engines. They watched wondering if this plane was about to crash only to see it disappear into thin air.

Lancaster

The Jephson’s stated this plane reminded them of a Lancaster, a 4-engine bomber aircraft commonly flown by the RAF during WW2.

On the same day a former Lancaster crewmember spotted this unusual aircraft out of his bedroom window. George Furnace like Richard Jephson stated this plane had four engines and was flying low. He also reported it made no sound.

Liberator

But he stated it was too small to be a Lancaster. Instead, he said it was a Liberator, an American B24 bomber.

Yet another witness, Richard Burley was golfing when he spotted this bomber flying low over some trees. He like Furnace stated this plane was too small to be a Lancaster. He like the others heard no sound and watched as this plane disappeared.

So was this plane a phantom flight crew still out defending England? With the large number of witness reports over the years similar to the reports above one has to wonder.

Here is an article that reports other recent Derbyshire sightings.