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



Date05/03/1940
CasualtiesFg Off B.R. Rolfe, Blackburn TP; Mr J.B.E. Johnson, Blackburn FTO
AircraftBlackburn Botha L6129
Took off fromBrough, Yorkshire
Purpose of flightTest Flight
Incident locationFlixborough, Lincs
Incident detailsDived into ground


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