Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 27/11/1945 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt J.C. Evans, Fairey Aviation PTP |
| Aircraft | Fairey Firefly Mk I PP463 |
| Took off from | Heston, Middlesex |
| Purpose of flight | Production test flight |
| Incident location | Hythe End, Staines, Surrey |
| Incident details | Aircraft seen out of control 10min after take-off, rolling and diving from about 7,000ft before impacting the ground. It was determined that the cockpit hood had distorted and detached, stunning the pilot in the process (see also October 13, 1945) |