Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Date | 28/06/1938 |
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Casualties | Wg Cdr F.W. Stent, TP |
Aircraft | Miles Whitney Straight M.11C G-AEYI |
Took off from | Woodley, Berkshire |
Purpose of flight | Test flight with DH Gipsy Major series II engine and variable-pitch propeller |
Incident location | Harefield, Berkshire |
Incident details | Crashed soon after take-off |