Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 06/12/1945 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Lt R.K. Smith RN, P; Flt Lt R.M. Neill, bomb aimer, both MAEE Helensburgh |
| Aircraft | Douglas Boston Mk IIIA BZ332 |
| Took off from | MAEE Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire |
| Purpose of flight | 250lb bomb fuze trials |
| Incident location | Firth of Clyde |
| Incident details | A stick of bombs dropped from 30ft exploded, critically damaging the aircraft, which impacted the sea |