Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 26/08/1942 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr W.J. Carr AFC, P; Cpl R.M. Leach, Fitter; Cpl E. Shenton, AG; Mr E.R. Staniland, Vickers FTO |
| Aircraft | Vickers Warwick Mk I BV214 |
| Took off from | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Purpose of flight | Aircraft flying with Performance Test Squadron A&AEE on static vent trials and handling at all-up weight of 43,000lb. These involved shallow dives at 300 m.p.h. |
| Incident location | Shrewton, Wiltshire |
| Incident details | In one of these dives, the fabric covering of the port mainplane detached and control was lost |