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



Date06/12/1945
CasualtiesLt R.K. Smith RN, P; Flt Lt R.M. Neill, bomb aimer, both MAEE Helensburgh
AircraftDouglas Boston Mk IIIA BZ332
Took off fromMAEE Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire
Purpose of flight250lb bomb fuze trials
Incident locationFirth of Clyde
Incident detailsA stick of bombs dropped from 30ft exploded, critically damaging the aircraft, which impacted the sea


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