Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 14/06/1941 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt E.J. Sharp, Bristol TP |
| Aircraft | Bristol Beaufort Mk I AW215 |
| Took off from | Filton, Bristol |
| Purpose of flight | Production test flight |
| Incident location | Shepperdine, Gloucestershire |
| Incident details | Engine fire spread to cockpit area. Pilot unable to bale out before crash |