Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 23/10/1942 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Wg Cdr H.R. Allen, Ministry of Aircraft Production TP |
| Aircraft | Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB Z4993/G |
| Took off from | Warmwell, Dorset |
| Purpose of flight | The aircraft was engaged in rocket projectile trials in conditions of poor visibility |
| Incident location | Upway, Dorchester, Dorset |
| Incident details | Whilst heading for Lyme Bay it crashed into Ridgeway Hill |