In memory of

Pilot Officer Wilfred Roberts, Pilot (aged 25)

Pilot Officer Keith Brooke-Taylor, Navigator (aged 21)

 Sergeant Andrew McNicol, Observer (aged 26)

Aircraftman 1st Class Denis William Sharpe, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner (aged 21)

Of Bomber Command 

83 Squadron, RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire

Who gave their lives at Old Hartley, St Mary’s Island,
Northumberland, on the morning of 7 April 1940

whilst flying  Handley Page Hampden Mk.1 L4054

“…wherever and for as long as freedom
flourishes on the earth, the men and women
who possess it will thank them and will say they 
did not die in vain.”

For your tomorrow

Presented by:

Air Crash Investigation and Archaeology Group
The Friends of St. Mary's Island
The Family of Denis William Sharpe