Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 07/04/1940 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt H. Bailey, Blackburn CTP; Mr ?, Blackburn FTO |
| Aircraft | Blackburn B-20 V8914 |
| Took off from | Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire |
| Purpose of flight | Prototype flight trials |
| Incident location | Sea off Gourock Head, Isle of Bute |
| Incident details | Loss of control possibly due to aileron flutter at high speed. Pilot baled out too late, three crew baled out successfully, but one drowned |