![]() Not a single person was found on the plane but there was evidence that a crew had been on the plane recently. When the hatch opened the silence within the plane was more deafening than the roar of the engines. Finally, those on the ground got restless and decided to approach the plane even as the engines continued their loud growl. For twenty minutes no one approached the plane waiting for the crew to come out and explain what had happened. The landing was rough and bouncy, it was clear to the men on the ground that something was wrong with the whole situation as the plane nearly clipped a wing before coming to a stop in the open field. The plane landed and looked largely intact. They were correct but the reason for the emergency landing was something they never expected. There were no landings scheduled and so the men on the ground assumed that the plane was making an emergency landing. The RAF unit recognized the plane as an American B-17, the so-called “ Flying Fortress.” The sighting was strange because the landing gear was down and the plane was coming in fast. ![]() It was a chilly November day in 1944 when an anti-aircraft crew stationed in Belgium saw a large plane coming toward them. Historical records did confirm that a Douglas Dakota crashed in the area of the sightings in the 1940s.ī-17 Flying Fortress. ![]() The witness said that the plane turned sideways and then vanished without a trace. One witness reported that something looked wrong with the plane and it seemed to be flying straight toward them. It was a plane flown by the RAF during WWII and there are no more in operation. This time several people reported seeing a Douglas Dakota. In 2017, more reports of ghost plane sightings surfaced. The bomber was not the only ghost plane to be seen in the area. It is also of note that the plane was silent as it flew, which is very different from the deafening roar of a Lancaster or a Liberator. The plane never landed and there was no record of any scheduled flights of historical aircraft. Another witness agreed that it was too small to be a Lancaster, but added that it had an antenna and was camouflaged. Another pilot disagreed and thought it was a Liberator, a smaller four-engine bomber that was used by the Americans. One RAF member identified the plane as a Lancaster the four-engine heavy bomber used by the RAF during the war. The plane was identified by former RAF pilots who were well versed with the look of WII planes. In 2015 WW2 bomber plane was seen flying over the area by serval witnesses. The area is known for ghosts and aircraft sightings and that is part of what gives the area its name. Rather it happened in 2015 when a WWII plane was seen flying over Dark Peak in northern Derbyshire. It was not a freak apparition or something brought on by the post-traumatic stress of the war. One such ghost plane was spotted over England. Many ghost plane stories are told about the area of Dark Peak which is known for being the location of more than 50 plane crashes over the years. But there are some stories that defy explanation even when there is evidence to prove the stories real. As it was a war that filled the sky with planes and showed how bigger and better planes were revolutionizing modern warfare, it is not too surprising that people would continue to report seeing and hearing planes in the sky long after the war. Ghost planes are among the most pervasive ghost stories to come out of World War II. A Dakota Douglas plane like the one being spotted at Dark Peak.
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