Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 15/03/1944 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr H.G. White, MAEE Helensburgh FTO |
| Aircraft | Short Scion Senior L9786 |
| Took off from | Helensburgh, Argyll |
| Purpose of flight | Aircraft was fitted with a revised Sunderland hull shape on struts beneath its hull to test its water performance |
| Incident location | Helensburgh, Argyll |
| Incident details | An attempt was made to fly off from the Clyde when the aircraft was covered in frost. It stalled back into the water and sank. Two of the three crew survived |