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



Date27/04/1944
CasualtiesMr J.A. Crosby-Warren, Gloster Aircraft TP
AircraftGloster F.9/40 DG205/G
Took off fromMoreton Valence, Gloucestershire
Purpose of flightTrials to reduce aileron instability at high altitude
Incident locationMinchinhampton, Gloucestershire
Incident detailsTrim tab detached. Aircraft rolled inverted and crashed


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