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



Date11/10/1944
CasualtiesFlt Lt J.H. Brew, Supermarine TP
AircraftSupermarine Spitfire Mk IX RR237
Took off fromCastle Bromwich
Purpose of flightFirst production test flight
Incident locationNuneaton Airfield
Incident detailsAircraft dived vertically at very high speed out of low cloud and impacted ground


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