Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 14/07/1954 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr R.V. Ecclestone DFC AFC, Handley Page TP; Mr E.N.K. Bennett, FTO; Mr B. Heithersay, FTO; Mr A.B. Cook, FTO |
| Aircraft | Handley Page Victor B Mk 1 WB771 |
| Took off from | Cranfield, Bedfordshire |
| Purpose of flight | Position error calibration flight involving runs at 100ft across airfield at increasing speeds |
| Incident location | Cranfield, Bedfordshire |
| Incident details | After many runs tailplane detached owing to induced flutter, causing cracking of attachment bolt holes |