Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 16/02/1950 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr K.A. Butler, Westland TP |
| Aircraft | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22 PK545 |
| Took off from | Yoevil, Somerset |
| Purpose of flight | Post-modification test flight, last in a series of four |
| Incident location | Ashington, Somerset |
| Incident details | Pilot entered a slow roll but lost height when inverted, finally hitting the ground at high speed |