Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 07/05/1956 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr M.R. Alston, B Squadron A&AEE P; Flt Lt V.D. Hall, navigator B Squadron A&AEE |
| Aircraft | English Electric Canberra B(I) Mk 8 WT328 |
| Took off from | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Purpose of flight | Radio altimeter trials |
| Incident location | English Channel 3 miles south of Shoreham |
| Incident details | Hit sea |