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



Date07/10/1942
CasualtiesPlt Off N.H.G. Snelgrove RCAF, TFU Defford P
AircraftHawker Hurricane Mk IIC BN878
Took off fromDefford, Worcestershire
Purpose of flightnot known
Incident locationBredon Hill, Conderton, Worcestershire
Incident details37min after take-off, the pilot called on R/T for a vector to base. 3min later he flew into Bredon Hill


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