Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 29/03/1955 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr R.L. Jones DSO, Rolls Royce TP; Mr I.D. Davies, FTO; Mr W. Orr, FTO; Mr M. Costello, FTO, all of Rolls Royce |
| Aircraft | Avro Lancastrian C Mk 2 VL970 |
| Took off from | Hucknall, Notts |
| Purpose of flight | Flying testbed for Avon engines in port and starboard outer positions |
| Incident location | Hucknall, Notts |
| Incident details | Attempted landing at Hucknall resulted in overshoot being initiated. Aircraft climbed away slowly, initiating a gentle turn to starboard which rapidly steepened before hitting ground, bursting into flames and cartwheeling |