Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 05/07/1924 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flg Off E.E. Paull Smith, MAEE TP |
| Aircraft | Supermarine Sea Lion Mk III GEBAH |
| Took off from | MAEE Felixstowe |
| Purpose of flight | Speed trials conducted by MAEE following 1923 Schneider Trophy event |
| Incident location | Sea off Felixstowe |
| Incident details | Crashed due to uncontrolled porpoising on take-off |