Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 24/09/1942 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr V.M. Bright, Armament Test Sqn A&AEE TP; LAC R.F. Brown, Armourer |
| Aircraft | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIC EL329/G |
| Took off from | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Purpose of flight | Rocket projectile trials over Compton Ranges |
| Incident location | Bulford Camp, Wiltshire |
| Incident details | Pilot indicated by wing rocking that he would not compete the trials. He flew off towards Boscombe Down but suddenly rolled and crashed to the ground |