Memorial at Hatcliffe top

Memorial at Hatcliffe top

Poem concerning a crew killed when crashing on return form operation to Berlin. Memorial at site.

Additional information on the crash is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

One-page printed document

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MEMORIAL AT HATCLIFFE TOP

In their Lancaster they had bravely battled with Berlin’s fighters and flak
Skipper Proudfoot and his young crew on their 23rd Op
Homing to Waltham through fog dense and low
Crashed by the Pines-suffered and died
On high Hatcliffe Top

The years have flown by, but you are remembered
Here, where nature’s rich bounties are spread
And the trees of pine still stand sentinel
Over peaceful fields, where your young lifeblood was shed

Shed in the hope that there would be
Lasting peace for suffering humanity
Pause by this ‘Stone’ and before you go
Remember-
The debt to brave Bomber Command Aircrews
That we will forever owe

Memorial erected by Roger Stephenson