Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 28/09/1956 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt L.A. Coe, Blind Landing Experimental Unit TP; Mr J. Birkle, BLEU FTO |
| Aircraft | English Electric Canberra T Mk 4 WE189 |
| Took off from | Martlesham Heath, Suffolk |
| Purpose of flight | Blind landing trials at Wittering |
| Incident location | Martlesham Heath, Suffolk |
| Incident details | Attempted to climb away after undershooting in misjudged approach to Martlesham but port engine stalled and aircraft turned inverted before diving into ground |