Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 20/09/1941 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sgt F.I. Russell, WOp/AG |
| Aircraft | Westland Lysander Mk III T1439 |
| Took off from | Christchurch, Dorset |
| Purpose of flight | Telecommunications Flying Unit sortie |
| Incident location | English Channel, 12 miles south of Christchurch |
| Incident details | Ran out of fuel owing to failure to receive recall instructions. Pilot survived, WOp/AG drowned after ditching |