Boeing B-17G 44-8683 ''Dear Mom''

looking up to the impact site from the present day wreckage pool

a number can still be made out 

Bottom of shot can be seen the highest wreckage I could find

On the 17th of May 1945 B-17G 44-8683 flying out of Knettishall on a training flight crashed into Great Whernside , Yorkshire in deteriorating weather .

The crew of 5 were all killed . 

Pilot 1st Lt. Harry J. Cole
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. Vance L. Ferguson
Nav 2nd Lt. James M. Young
Eng Sgt. Hoyt E. Dixon
W. Op. S/Sgt Dario Battista 

The plane had been named 'Dear Mom'

At the location it is still easy to see scarring where the aircraft crashed ....scars are even spaced that seem to indicate where  the engines impacted.