Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Date | 20/10/1916 |
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Casualties | Flt Lt L.H. Hardstaff |
Aircraft | Sopwith Triplane N510 |
Took off from | RNAS Eastchurch, Kent |
Purpose of flight | Hispano-Suiza-powered prototype test |
Incident location | Eastchurch, Kent |
Incident details | Tailplane failed in flight |