Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 22/06/1954 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr D.J. Murphy DFC, ETPS TP |
| Aircraft | Hawker Sea Fury T Mk 20 VX818 |
| Took off from | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | Air test after rectification work |
| Incident location | Aldershot, Hampshire |
| Incident details | Engine failed at 1,000ft after take-off. The aircraft broke up during forced landing on tank training ground. The pilot was thrown clear but sustained fatal injuries |