Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 31/03/1954 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Gp Cpt G.N. Hancock ETPS |
| Aircraft | Gloster Meteor F Mk 8 WH312 |
| Took off from | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | not known |
| Incident location | Mytchett Green, Hampshire |
| Incident details | Having experienced an engine failure, the pilot lost control when turning on to finals at Farnborough |