Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 01/10/1940 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr R.O. Tipple, RAE Farnborough FTO |
| Aircraft | Fairey Battle Mk I K9223 |
| Took off from | Exeter, Devon |
| Purpose of flight | New weapon tests in aircraft modified for balloon cable impact trials |
| Incident location | Wembdon Hill, Bridgewater, Somerset |
| Incident details | Anti-spin parachute accidentally deployed. Pilot baled out after FTO became trapped and unable to escape |