Thunder & Lightnings

Test Flying Memorial

"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge



Date10/02/1945
CasualtiesMr W.G. Capley, Miles Aircraft TP
AircraftSupermarine Spitfire Mk IX MH349
Took off fromWoodley, Berkshire
Purpose of flightThird test flight after major inspection
Incident locationWoodley, Berkshire
Incident detailsAircraft entered high-speed dive towards airfield 10min after take-off. Overhead Woodley aircraft rolled and port wing detached. Crashed on to airfield


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