Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Date | 22/04/1947 |
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Casualties | Lt J. Bridge RN, Gloster Aircraft PTP |
Aircraft | Gloster Meteor F Mk 4 RA394 |
Took off from | Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire |
Purpose of flight | not known |
Incident location | Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire |
Incident details | One engine failed in a steep dive and the pilot had great difficulty in handling the landing approach, finally stalling whilst climbing to avoid a tree |