Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 07/08/1917 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Cdr E.H. Dunning |
| Aircraft | Sopwith Pup N6452 |
| Took off from | Isle of Grain, Kent |
| Purpose of flight | Carrier landing trials |
| Incident location | English Channel, overboard from flight deck of HMS Furious |
| Incident details | After achieving the first ever landing of an aircraft on an aircraft carrier on August 2, 1917, Dunning gave a repeat performance on August 7, 1917. After two touchdowns, a third was attempted and the aircraft's engine failed when opened up after a further success. The Pup went into the sea ahead of Furious's bows |