Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 01/07/1942 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Wg Cdr A.F.R. Bennett, RAE Farnborough Inst and Armament Dev Flight TP |
| Aircraft | Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC Z2415 |
| Took off from | RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincs |
| Purpose of flight | Experimental weapon test |
| Incident location | Sutton Bridge, Lincs |
| Incident details | Returning from successful first half of test there was an explosion under the port wing in the area of trial equipment. A fire broke out and shortly thereafter the wing detached and the aircraft crashed |