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



Date31/08/1945
CasualtiesFlt Lt F.S. Banner DFC & Bar, Supermarine production TP
AircraftSupermarine Seafire F Mk XVII SW987
Took off fromHigh Post, Wiltshire
Purpose of flightDummy deck landing practice
Incident locationHigh Post, Wiltshire
Incident detailsAircraft stalled and crashed on approach


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