Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 13/06/1951 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | R.H.B. Peach, Rolls-Royce TP |
| Aircraft | English Electric Canberra B Mk 1 VN850 |
| Took off from | Hucknall, Notts |
| Purpose of flight | Intensive flying trials of Avon engine |
| Incident location | Bulwell Common, Notts |
| Incident details | Pilot unable to relight port engine. Aircraft stalled on approach, partly recovered, and attempted climb away but crashed after crossing airfield |