[lampie]

Hi Steve.
2906 Observation Group later became 495th Fighter Training Group, based at Atcham.
The report on the crash, which also involved Staff Sgt Llynn Morrison flying P-47 D1 42-7898, in Stan Bishops book is,,,,

T/O Atcham on a local formation flight at 1340hrs as Green Section. The weather in the vicinity of Atcham was suitable for supervised formation flying,cieling 1'500ft and visibility unlimited. Captain Stepp was checking out S/Sgt Morrison in formation flying, he had only 15 hours on P-47 aircraft.
At approximately 1430 hrs Green Section flew into a hill in the Peak District, one mile east of Bollington. SE of Manchester.

Hope this helps,
Nige