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



Date29/12/1942
CasualtiesFg Off S.T. Hollick, Rolls-Royce TP
AircraftSupermarine Spitfire Mk IX EN114
Took off fromHucknall, Notts
Purpose of flightFull throttle speed trails at 25,000ft
Incident locationRearsby, Leicestershire
Incident detailsPilot mishandled oxygen connection and became anoxic. Aircraft dived in from altitude


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