Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 02/07/1952 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt G. Wood-Smith DFC, D Squadron A&AEE P; Mr D.E. Purse, photographer |
| Aircraft | Bristol Brigand B Mk I RH753 |
| Took off from | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Purpose of flight | not known |
| Incident location | Bemerton Heath, Salisbury, Wiltshire |
| Incident details | Port engine failed on take-off. Pilot had never flown a Brigand before and was soon in great difficulty, finally crashed on housing estate causing injuries to a fireman and nine civilians |