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



Date25/10/1945
CasualtiesSqn Ldr Arthur Jaques RAFVR DFC, P; Flt Lt Eric J Savill RAFVR DFC, Observer MAEE Helensburgh
Aircraftde Havilland Mosquito B Mk IV DZ579/G
Took off fromMAEE Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Purpose of flight'Highball' bouncing bomb trials
Incident locationMachin Bay, Islay
Incident detailsWeapon dropped at 30ft and at 380 m.p.h. into a rough sea. Splash hit the tail of the aircraft and the port tailplane detached, causing the aircraft to crash into the sea


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