Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 23/12/1942 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr H.H.B. Mould, P; Dr A.E. Downing, TFU Defford FTO |
| Aircraft | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VI V8387 |
| Took off from | Coltishall, Norfolk |
| Purpose of flight | Flying from Coltishall the aircraft was engaged in trials with another Beaufighter when both were attacked by a pair of Spitfires |
| Incident location | Sea east of Cromer |
| Incident details | V8387 was last seen burning on the water |