Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
15 fatal incidents found.
| Date | Casualties | Aircraft | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26/04/1960 | Mr R. Hazelhurst, Bristol Siddeley Engines TP; Mr P. Field, Bristol Siddeley Engines FTO; Mr E. Potter, Bristol Siddeley Engines FTO | Fairey Gannet AEW Mk 3 XJ440 | Filton |
| 11/11/1960 | Flt Lt J.S. Duncan AFC, P Handling Squadron A&AEE | Gloster Meteor T Mk 7 WF766 | Lyme Regis, Dorset |
| 16/11/1960 | Lt-Cdr J.R.S. Overbury, Hunting TP | Hunting Jet Provost T Mk 2B G-AOUS | Langford, Bedfordshire |
| 31/08/1961 | Lt Cdr Ozzie Brown RN (C Squadron A&AEE TP), Mr Terry D. Dunn (HSA/Blackburn FTO) | Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk 1 XK529 | Lyme Bay, Dorset |
| 23/03/1962 | Mr M.P. Evans, A&AEE navigator; Mr P. Evans, Handley Page FTO | Handley Page Victor B Mk 2 XL159 | Stubton, Lincs |
| 05/07/1962 | Lt G.W.N. Jones, RN, C Squadron A&AEE observer | Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk 1 XN922 | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| 25/10/1962 | Flt Lt D. Oldham, P; Flt Lt W.I.D. England, ETPS | English Electric Canberra B Mk 2 WJ730 | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| 19/02/1963 | Mr G.R.I. "Sailor" Parker (Hawker Siddeley/Blackburn TP), Mr Gordon R. Copeman (Hawker Siddeley/Blackburn FTO) | Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk 1 XN952 | Holme-on-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire |
| 02/10/1963 | Mr J.R. Green, Shorts Belfast TP | Short SC.1 XG905 | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 22/10/1963 | Lt Cdr Mike J. Lithgow OBE (Vickers-Armstrong deputy CTP), Capt Richard Rymer (Vickers-Armstrong TP), Mr Ben J. Prior (assistant chief aerodynamicist, Vickers-Armstrong), Mr C. J. Webb (assistant chief designer, Hunting Aircraft), Mr R. A. F. Wright (Vickers-Armstrong senior FTO), Mr G. R. Poulter (Vickers-Armstrong FTO), Mr D. J. Clark (Hunting Aircraft FTO). | BAC One-Eleven Series 200 G-ASHG | Near Chicklade, Wiltshire |
| 08/03/1966 | Pilot Brian Wass and his Flight Test Observer (name not known) | Marshalls MA4 (modified Auster) VF665 | West Wratting, Suffolk |
| 18/04/1966 | Mr A. Brandon, TP; Mr A. Chalke, FTO | de Havilland Vampire T Mk 55 5C-YA | Llanarmom Dyffryn Ceirog, Denbighshire |
| 03/06/1966 | P. Barlow, Hawker Siddeley Hatfield TP; G.B.S. Errington, Hawker Siddeley Hatfield TP; C.W. Patterson, radio officer; E. Brackstone-Brown, FTO | Hawker Siddeley Trident Mk 1 G-ARPY | Felthorpe, Norfolk |
| 30/06/1966 | Flt Lt W.C. Mackison, P; Flt Lt C.M. Pridmore, navigator; both of Experimental Flying Unit, RAE Farnborough | Blackburn (Hawker Siddeley) Buccaneer S Mk 1 XK528 | Luce Bay, Wigtownshire |
| 14/05/1968 | Flt Lt R.L. Beeson; Sqn Ldr M.J.P.H. Mercer, both B Squadron A&AEE | Hawker Hunter Mk 7A XL611 | East Knoyle, Wiltshire |