Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 30/06/1966 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt W.C. Mackison, P; Flt Lt C.M. Pridmore, navigator; both of Experimental Flying Unit, RAE Farnborough |
| Aircraft | Blackburn (Hawker Siddeley) Buccaneer S Mk 1 XK528 |
| Took off from | West Freugh |
| Purpose of flight | LABS system trials |
| Incident location | Luce Bay, Wigtownshire |
| Incident details | Fuel line ruptured by fatigue failure of starboard engine 4th stage compressor disc. Engine disintegrated, escaping fuel exploded causing main fuel tanks to rupture and ignite also. Control runs damaged and crew incapacitated; aircraft rolled left and impacted the sea. |