Thunder & Lightnings

Test Flying Memorial

"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge



Date04/02/1942
CasualtiesSqn Ldr G.R. Fielder, RAE Engine Research Flight TP
AircraftCurtiss Mohawk Mk IV
Took off fromFarnborough, Hampshire
Purpose of flightTest of new engine installation
Incident locationFarnborough, Hampshire
Incident detailsAircraft stalled, after engine failure, whilst attempting a forced landing


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