Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 02/12/1945 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | J.R. Talbot, Handley Page CTP; E.A. Wright, FTO |
| Aircraft | Handley Page Hermes Mk I G-AGSS |
| Took off from | Radlett, Hertfordshire |
| Purpose of flight | Prototype first flight |
| Incident location | Radlett, Hertfordshire |
| Incident details | Crashed soon after take-off owing to elevator overbalance |