Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 04/07/1944 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt Alexander Williams Fraser DFC with bar RAAF (RAE Wireless & Electrical Flight TP), WO S. Bickell, Sgt Keith Lawrence Popejoy, AC1 S. Parsons, Mr David William Parker (FTO), Mr Russell Arcot Erskine (FTO), Mr K. Dart (FTO) |
| Aircraft | Vickers Wellington GR Mk 14 HF352 |
| Took off from | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | Flight was tasked with testing the R1530 auto alarm radio |
| Incident location | Odiham, Hampshire |
| Incident details | Engine failure led to attempted forced landing, wheels-up, at Odiham; aircraft stalled into a copse |