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



Date19/01/1945
CasualtiesGp Capt J.F.X. McKenna AFC, Commandant ETPS
AircraftNorth American Mustang Mk IV KH648
Took off fromBoscombe Down, Wiltshire
Purpose of flightFamiliarisation flight
Incident locationOld Sarum, Wiltshire
Incident detailsAmmunition box cover detached at high speed and the aircraft shed a wing crashing on the perimeter of Old Sarum airfield


Do you have a correction to make, or a link or image you'd like added to this page? Contact me if so. If you'd like to add a public comment you can do so below.