Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 01/08/1940 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Plt Off A. Bailey, TP; AC2 Budd, Photographer |
| Aircraft | Vickers Vildebeest K6408 |
| Took off from | Gosport, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | Torpedo dropping trials |
| Incident location | Solent off Ryde Pier, IoW |
| Incident details | Failure to recover from stall turn after torpedo drop |