Thunder & Lightnings

Test Flying Memorial

"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge



Date06/09/1938
CasualtiesJohn Hindmarsh, Hawker TP
AircraftHawker Hurricane Mk I L1652
Took off fromBrooklands, Surrey
Purpose of flightProduction test flight
Incident locationSt George's Hill, Weybridge, Surrey
Incident detailsAircraft crashed immediately after take-off


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