Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 21/07/1941 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr D.R. McCartney, Rolls-Royce TP |
| Aircraft | Hawker Hurricane Mk II Z2316 |
| Took off from | Hucknall, Notts |
| Purpose of flight | Engine test flight to obtain data on modified connecting-rod bearings with negative-g carburettor programme |
| Incident location | RAF Tern Hill, Salop |
| Incident details | Stalled on approach |