Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 22/06/1941 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt J.C.M. Hawley, P; Capt F. Bradley, P (USAAC); Sgt P. Black, Obs; Sgt J.G. Garwood, WOp; Sgt T.J. Wells, AG; Sqn Ldr A.H. Robson, MO; Flt Lt J.B.W. Humpherson DFC, RAF Physiology Lab; Lt W.K. Stewart AFC, Doctor RAF Physiology Lab |
| Aircraft | Boeing Flying Fortress Mk I AN522 |
| Took off from | West Raynham, Norfolk |
| Purpose of flight | High-altitude physiological research flight |
| Incident location | Catterick Bridge, Yorkshire |
| Incident details | Aircraft entered cumulo-nimbus cloud when control was soon lost and aircraft broke up in a dive from 30,000ft |