Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 21/10/1940 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt J.C. Alexander, MAEE TP; Plt Off Mills, MAEE TP; LAC Gianella; LAC McLaughlin; AC1 Bullocke; AC2 Hunter; Mr Such, MAEE |
| Aircraft | Saunders-Roe Lerwick L7248 |
| Took off from | Helensburgh. Argyll |
| Purpose of flight | Prototype calibration flight |
| Incident location | Faslane, Argyll |
| Incident details | Failure of starboard engine resulted in inability to maintain height and aircraft flew into hillside |