Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Date | 05/07/1924 |
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Casualties | Flg Off E.E. Paull Smith, MAEE TP |
Aircraft | Supermarine Sea Lion Mk III GEBAH |
Took off from | MAEE Felixstowe |
Purpose of flight | Speed trials conducted by MAEE following 1923 Schneider Trophy event |
Incident location | Sea off Felixstowe |
Incident details | Crashed due to uncontrolled porpoising on take-off |