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



Date29/07/1944
CasualtiesMr J. Hall, Rotol TP
AircraftSupermarine Spitfire Mk IX JL349
Took off fromStaverton, Gloucestershire
Purpose of flightEndurance test of experimental contraprop
Incident locationStaverton, Gloucestershire
Incident detailsProp broke up in circuit, damaging aircraft, which dived into the ground


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