Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 22/04/1947 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Lt J. Bridge RN, Gloster Aircraft PTP |
| Aircraft | Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 RA394 |
| Took off from | Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire |
| Purpose of flight | not known |
| Incident location | Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire |
| Incident details | One engine failed in a steep dive and the pilot had great difficulty in handling the landing approach, finally stalling whilst climbing to avoid a tree |