Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 06/11/1942 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr V.G. Wilson, Fairey Aviation TP |
| Aircraft | Fairey Barracuda Mk I P9661 |
| Took off from | Ringway, Manchester |
| Purpose of flight | Test flight to assess aileron effectiveness necessitating dive at maximum speed of 315kt |
| Incident location | Ringway, Manchester |
| Incident details | On pull-out at between 3,000ft and 2,000ft, parts of the structure detached and the aircraft progressively became uncontrollable, finally diving-in just outside the airfield |