Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 25/03/1952 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr T.B.D. Evans, English Electric TP |
| Aircraft | English Electric Canberra B Mk 2 WD991 |
| Took off from | Samlesbury, Lancashire |
| Purpose of flight | First production test flight |
| Incident location | West of Preston, Lancashire |
| Incident details | Shortly after take-off aircraft was seen at 800ft flying straight and level at high speed. It suddenly entered a steep dive and hit the ground. A spanner was found in the elevator control circuit |