Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 05/09/1940 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Fg Off K. Munro, P; Flt Lt E.J. Always, P; Sgt C.J. Hames, WOp/AG; Sgt F.W.K. Wood, Obs |
| Aircraft | Avro Anson R9815 |
| Took off from | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Purpose of flight | Beam approach development flight whilst enemy aircraft were in area |
| Incident location | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Incident details | Wing struck ground on final approach |