Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 02/07/1948 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr A. Tooth DFC, B Squadron A&AEE TP; Flt Lt A.G, Bradfield; Fg Off G.W. Williams; Mr P.W. Howes, FTO |
| Aircraft | Avro Lincoln B Mk II RF560 |
| Took off from | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Purpose of flight | High altitude handling trials following fitting of a wide range of radar equipment destined for the B.3/45 Canberra |
| Incident location | Wylye, Wiltshire |
| Incident details | Whilst testing behaviour at low speed with No 1 propeller feathered and No 2 feathered the aircraft entered a Left-hand spin. There was insufficient height to effect a recovery and it stalled into a hill |