Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
9 fatal incidents found.
| Date | Casualties | Aircraft | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/08/1921 | Flt Lt O.M. Sutton MC, A&AEE TP; AC2 Charles James Sheridan, Obs | Bristol Braemar C4297 | Martlesham Heath |
| 24/08/1921 | Air Cdre E.M. Maitland CMG DSO AFC; Flt Lt G.M. Thomas DFC; Flt Lt I.C. Little AFC; Flt Lt R.S. Montagu DSC; Flt Lt J.F.M. Pritchard OBE AFC; Fg Off T.F. Mathewson AFC; Fg Off V.H. Wicks; Flt Sgt S.J. Heath; Flt Sgt W.H. Greene; Flt Sgt H. Thompson; Flt Sgt F. Smith; Flt Sgt J. Rye; Flt Sgt A.T. Martin; Sgt J.W. Mason; Sgt F.E. Burton; LAC G.S. Anger; LAC W. Oliver; LAC J.N. Wilson; AC1 J.C. Drew; AC1 C.W. Donald; AC1 E.E. Steere AM; AC1 C.W. Penson; AC2 R. Parker; AC2 R. Withington; Mr J.R. Pannnell, National Physical Laboratory; Mr C.W. Duffield, , National Physical Laboratory; Mr C.J.R. Campbell, Royal Airship Works; Mr F. Warren, Royal Airship Works | Airship R.38 | River Humber Estuary, Near Hull, Yorkshire |
| 30/11/1923 | Flg Off E. Bird, TP; Cpl G.R. Budd, Obs | Short Springbok Mk I J6975 | Martlesham Heath |
| 05/07/1924 | Flg Off E.E. Paull Smith, MAEE TP | Supermarine Sea Lion Mk III GEBAH | Sea off Felixstowe |
| 19/08/1926 | Flt Lt H.R. Junor DFC, RAE TP | Gloster Gamecock J7906 | Hucclecote, Gloucestershire |
| 08/12/1926 | Flt Lt G. Wheatley, A&AEE TP | Gloster Gamecock J7891 | Martlesham Heath |
| 23/01/1928 | Fg Off H.C.G. Dauncey, A&AEE TP | Blackburn Turcock GEBYP | Martlesham Heath |
| 12/03/1928 | Flt Lt S.M. Kinkead, RAF High Speed Flight P | Supermarine S.5 N221 | Solent off Calshot |
| 16/05/1928 | E.R.C. Scholefield, Vickers Chief TP | Vickers Vanguard G-EBCP | Shepperton |