Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 19/08/1952 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt L.H Wilkinson; Flt Lt M. Marcovitch RAAF |
| Aircraft | Vickers Valetta C Mk 1 VL266 |
| Took off from | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | Change of trim with power and speed investigation |
| Incident location | Lodge Farm, Odiham, Hampshire |
| Incident details | Aircraft seen in shallow dive from 2,000ft to 1,500ft. Fin and rudder detached followed by port then starboard wings |