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



Date23/08/1939
CasualtiesFlt Sgt C.E. Higgins P, LAC R.J. Machin, AC D. Treadwell
AircraftBristol Bombay L5808
Took off fromMartlesham Heath
Purpose of flightDevelopment test flight
Incident locationMartlesham Heath
Incident detailsCrashed near airfield


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