Handley-Page Hampden Aircraft Memorial, Ballaragh Farmhouse, Lonan
Period: n.d.
NGR Easting: 245104
NGR Northing: 485539
Description: Inscription reads as follows: " In Memory Of / Sergeant Douglas Barclay - Pilot / Sergeant John Case - Navigator / Sergeant Frank Hankins - Wireless Operator / Air Gunner / who died here on 27th March 1941 in / the crash of a Handley-Page Hampden / of the RAF whilst on a training flight / Erected by / the Manx Aviation Preservation Society."
Second World War.
Slate plaque engraved with RAF emblem. Affixed to the gable wall of Ballaragh Farmhouse.
The plaque was unveiled by Air Vice Marshall Ian McFadyen (then Lieutenant Governor of the Island) with a very moving tribute to the difficulties faced by young airmen equipped with the low-tech navigational aids of the time. Ft Lt R. Savage (a resident of Ballaragh) was in attendance, aged 80, having himself trained on Hampdens during the Second World War.
Information provided by the Isle of Man Government Preservation of War Memorials Committee.
Image courtesy of Chris Blyth, Isle of Man Photographic Society.
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Site & Monument Type: plaque
Category: Isle of Man National Inventory of War Memorials
Site ID number: IOM_NIWM_LON_00009