Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 14/01/1944 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Lt K.J. Robinson DSC RN, Aero Flight RAE TP |
| Aircraft | Supermarine Seafire Mk IIC MB141 |
| Took off from | HMS Chaser |
| Purpose of flight | Rocket-assisted take-off trials on HMS Chaser |
| Incident location | Clyde Estuary |
| Incident details | Aircraft crashed into Clyde estuary when landing back on the carrier |