Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 18/02/1946 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt Philmore DFC, Rotol TP, Staverton |
| Aircraft | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 21 LA216 |
| Took off from | Staverton, Gloucestershire |
| Purpose of flight | Endurance testing of contra-rotating propeller |
| Incident location | Barnstaple, Devon |
| Incident details | Hit high ground in poor visibility |