Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 06/03/1940 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr Edward F. Godfray (Air Service Training TP), Mr David V. Edward (Armstong-Whitworth FTO), Mr Edgar Stroud? (DH Propeller Co FTO) |
| Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk II K7243 |
| Took off from | Baginton, Coventry |
| Purpose of flight | Testing AW Deerhound engine and installation |
| Incident location | Baginton, Coventry |
| Incident details | Stalled on take-off at full nose-up trim |