Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 31/08/1945 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sub-Lt K.W.A. Fehler RN; Lt L.R.J. Habgood RN, pilots C Squadron A&AEE |
| Aircraft | Miles Monitor TT Mk II NP409 |
| Took off from | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Purpose of flight | Intensive flying trials |
| Incident location | Sea off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight |
| Incident details | The aircraft was seen to rill inverted, and dived steeply into the sea from 2,000ft |