Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 17/10/1945 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt A.S. Carswell, MAEE Helensburgh P; WO Sparkes; Mr C. Bound, FTO |
| Aircraft | Vickers Wellington Mk X NA929 |
| Took off from | Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire |
| Purpose of flight | Depth charge dropping trials |
| Incident location | Brodick Bay, Isle of Arran |
| Incident details | In low flight (50ft) a depth charge was released and exploded prematurely damaging the aircraft, which dived into the sea |