Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 06/09/1952 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | John Derry DFC, de Havilland TP, Hatfield; Tony Richards, de Havilland FTO, Hatfield |
| Aircraft | de Havilland D.H.110 WG236 |
| Took off from | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | Display flight at trade show |
| Incident location | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Incident details | During a display flight the aircraft suffered a structural failure of the leading edge of the inboard starboard wing which resulted in the break-up of entire aircraft. As well as the crew, 28 spectators lost their lives when two engines were projected into the crowd from falling wreckage |