Where exactly is the Hameldown aircraft memorial on Dartmoor?

The memorial is on the north-eastern slopes of Hameldown, near where the aircraft's cockpit came to rest. It's not right on the main ridge path, so you need to know roughly where to look if you're walking from Widecombe.

What happened to the crew of the Hampden bomber that crashed on Hameldown?

All four crew members died. Three were killed on impact when the plane crashed on 21st March 1941, and the pilot, Pilot Officer Robert Wilson, died in hospital the next day without regaining consciousness.

Who put up the memorial on Hameldown and why?

Lady Marjorie Wilson, the pilot's mother, arranged for the memorial to be erected. She wanted her son and his crew remembered at the actual place where they died, commissioning stonemasons to install a six-foot granite stone in this remote location.

Aircraft Lost on the Hills

The Memorial on Hameldown

Among Dartmoor’s prehistoric remains stands a much newer memorial, carved into the granite after a Hampden bomber crashed on Hameldown. Discover the four men commemorated there and why the pilot’s mother chose this remote ridge as the place to remember them.

5 October 20267 min read