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| HER Number: | MDV105349 |
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| Name: | Aircraft crash site at Hameldown Hill |
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Summary
A Hampden bomber crashed into Hameldown Hill in March 1941 whilst returning to Royal Air Force Scampton in Lincolnshire after an operation. A memorial stone marks the site.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 712 806 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- AIRCRAFT CRASH SITE (World War II - 1941 AD to 1941 AD)
Full description
Rendell, P., 2000, Crashed aircraft on Dartmoor (Article in Serial). SDV352716.
English Heritage, 2002, Military Aircraft Crash Sites. Archaeological guidance on their significance and future management, 2-6 (Pamphlet). SDV352715.
Crash sites have significance for remembrance, commemoration, their cultural value as historic artefacts and the information they contain about both of the circumstances of the loss and of the aircraft itself. Crash sites may on occasion also contain human remains, giving them additional value and status as sacred sites and war graves.
Should wreckage be located, please note that a licence to excavate or recover remains from a military aircraft crash site must be first obtained from the Ministry of Defence, before any such investigations may be undertaken.
Ministry of Defence + Defence Estates, 2009, The Military and Dartmoor. Information for Walkers and Riders (Pamphlet). SDV352710.
About 45 aircraft have crashed onto Dartmoor, most during the Second World War. Amongst them was a Hampden bomber that crashed into Hangingstone Hill (error? This is thought to incorrect - should read Hamel Down Hill) in April 1941.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Commemorative stone marking the site of the crash can be seen on the aerial photograph.
2014, Legendary Dartmoor (Website). SDV356498.
A Hampden crashed on 21/03/1941 whilst returning to Royal Air Force Scampton in Lincolnshire after an operation and crashed due to poor visibility. A memorial to this crash was incised on a granite boulder it had a cross and the following:
R A F
S. 49
R D W
C J L
R B
R L A E
21.3.41
A plaque was added to the boulder in 1991 and it states the following:
ON 22ND MARCH 1941
A ROYAL AIRFORCE BOMBER
49 SQDN SCAMPTON
CRASHED RETURNING FROM
OPERATIONS OVER FRANCE
THE 4 CREW WERE LOST
THIS MEMORIAL BEARS
THEIR INITIALS AND SQUADRON
NUMBER – COMMEMORATING
THEIR SELFLESS COURAGE
AND THAT OF FELLOW AIRMEN
WHO PERISHED ON DARTMOOR
1939 – 1945
THEIR SACRIFICE HELPED US
TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM
THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION 1991
(Based on Rendell, 2000)
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #1851 ] |
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| SDV352710 | Pamphlet: Ministry of Defence + Defence Estates. 2009. The Military and Dartmoor. Information for Walkers and Riders. Ministry of Defence pamphlet. A5 Paperback. |
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| SDV352715 | Pamphlet: English Heritage. 2002. Military Aircraft Crash Sites. Archaeological guidance on their significance and future management. English Heritage. A4 Stapled. 2-6. |
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| SDV352716 | Article in Serial: Rendell, P.. 2000. Crashed aircraft on Dartmoor. Dartmoor News. 52. A5 Stapled. |
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| SDV356498 | Website: 2014. Legendary Dartmoor. http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk. Website. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV107731 | Related to: Liberator crash site on Hamel Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 9 2014 12:45PM |
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