Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 20/10/1916 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt L.H. Hardstaff |
| Aircraft | Sopwith Triplane N510 |
| Took off from | RNAS Eastchurch, Kent |
| Purpose of flight | Hispano-Suiza-powered prototype test |
| Incident location | Eastchurch, Kent |
| Incident details | Tailplane failed in flight |
