Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 07/06/1942 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Plt Off D.J.D. Berrington, P; Fg Off A.M. Phillips, P; Flt Sgt G. Millar, Nav; AC2 B.C.F. Bicknell, WOp/AG; LAC B.D.G. Dear, Flt Eng; Sqn Ldr R.J. Samsom, Bomber Command; Plt Off C.E. Vincent, Hâ‚‚S Development Flight; Mr A.D. Blumlein, EMI; Mr F. Blyton, EMI; Mr C.O. Brown, EMI; Mr G.S. Hensby, FTO |
| Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax Mk II V9977 |
| Took off from | Defford, Worcestershire |
| Purpose of flight | Magnetron Hâ‚‚S development flight by aircraft of the Telecommunications Research Establishment |
| Incident location | Welsh Bicknor, Herefords |
| Incident details | Fire in flame trap of starboard outer engine spread, igniting fuel tanks and causing failure of outer wing structure. Aircraft crashed inverted from 5,000ft |