Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 28/06/1938 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Wg Cdr F.W. Stent, TP |
| Aircraft | Miles Whitney Straight M.11C G-AEYI |
| Took off from | Woodley, Berkshire |
| Purpose of flight | Test flight with DH Gipsy Major series II engine and variable-pitch propeller |
| Incident location | Harefield, Berkshire |
| Incident details | Crashed soon after take-off |