Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 06/09/1943 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Fg Off A. Wilson, Armstrong Whitworth TP; Mr F. Cole; Mr B. Latham; Mr R. Sands |
| Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Mk II V1708 |
| Took off from | Brockworth, Gloucestershire |
| Purpose of flight | Second production test flight |
| Incident location | Brockworth, Gloucestershire |
| Incident details | 45min after take-off, aircraft seen with port engine feathered (fluctuating oil pressure had been reported). On approach to Brockworth, control was lost at 100ft in rain and gusty wind. Struck ground and totally burned out |