Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 08/06/1918 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Cpt V.E.G. Busby (Martlesham Heath TP); Mr Bertram G. Cooper (Air Ministry); Mr R.P. Cooper (Harland and Wolff); Mr W.H. Hathaway (Handley Page); Mr J.W. Windebank (Handley Page) |
| Aircraft | Handley Page V/1500 B9463 |
| Took off from | Cricklewood, London |
| Purpose of flight | not known |
| Incident location | Golders Green, London |
| Incident details | On its 13th flight the V/1500 climbed away to the North with the intention of attaining 10,000ft when all four engines stopped. Busby attempted to turn back towards the airfield whilst still in a climbing attitude but the aircraft stalled and spun in to crash in Garrick Avenue, Golders Green. Colonel Ogilvie (passenger in the tail gunner position) was the only survivor from the six on board. |