Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 09/06/1949 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Lt R.G. Shove, RM |
| Aircraft | Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk 11 VX618 |
| Took off from | Langley, Buckinghamshire |
| Purpose of flight | Endurance test flight |
| Incident location | Langley, Buckinghamshire |
| Incident details | Leaving Langley on a two-hour engine endurance flight, black smoke was seen coming from the exhausts and reported to the pilot. The pilot decided to return but stalled on finals and dived into the ground |