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



Date13/09/1944
CasualtiesMr F.C. Furlong, Supermarine Deputy CTP
AircraftSupermarine Spiteful NN660
Took off fromHigh Post, Wiltshire
Purpose of flightnot known
Incident locationHigh Post, Wiltshire
Incident detailsDuring a mock low-level dogfight with a Spitfire, also on test, NN660 flicked inverted and dived into the ground


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