Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 04/01/1944 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr W.D.B.S. Davie AFC, RAE Turbine Flight TP |
| Aircraft | Gloster F.9/40 DG204/G |
| Took off from | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | High-speed trials at 20,000ft |
| Incident location | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Incident details | During a run the port Metrovick engine exploded. In attempting to abandon the aircraft, the pilot lost his left arm and when he finally escaped he was killed hitting the tailplane. The wreckage of DG204/G fell on RAE buildings |