Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 10/11/1953 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr N.E.D. Lewis, A Squadron A&AEE TP |
| Aircraft | Supermarine Swift Mk 1 WJ965 |
| Took off from | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Purpose of flight | Low-speed handling trials at 18,000ft |
| Incident location | Breamore Down, Hampshire |
| Incident details | After a second stall with flaps and undercarriage down, aircraft was seen to enter a right-hand spin at 3,000ft/5,000ft from which it did not recover. An anti-spin parachute was not fitted |