Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 13/10/1943 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr J.P.W. Topham, Lockheed Speke TP |
| Aircraft | North American Mustang Mk III FX919 |
| Took off from | Speke, Liverpool |
| Purpose of flight | First test flight after reassembly |
| Incident location | Speke, Liverpool |
| Incident details | Engine failed immediately after take-off. Pilot forced-landed on Mersey mud flats but rutted mud broke up aircraft and pilot was thrown out and killed |