Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 28/04/1941 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Plt Off A.C. James |
| Aircraft | Fairey Battle Mk I K9230 |
| Took off from | Christchurch, Dorset |
| Purpose of flight | Engine failure during calibration flight in conjunction with Worth Matravers radar |
| Incident location | Sea off Hengistbury Head |
| Incident details | Crashed in sea, pilot drowned. (Lt Andrew Page, Lancashire Fusiliers, awarded GM for the gallantry of his rescue attempt) |