Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 24/11/1943 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sgt B.R. Minson |
| Aircraft | Consolidated B-24D Liberator 42-40987 |
| Took off from | Defford, Worcestershire |
| Purpose of flight | High-altitude equipment trial |
| Incident location | In flight (aircraft returned safely) |
| Incident details | Sergeant Minson was found to have collapsed during the conduct of tests at 26,000ft. His oxygen connection had become disconnected. He never regained consciousness |