Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 13/04/1950 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr C.W. Stark AFC |
| Aircraft | de Havilland Vampire F Mk 1 TG388 |
| Took off from | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | Instrument assessment flight |
| Incident location | Shamley Green, Surrey |
| Incident details | Aircraft entered cloud and was later seen emerging at high speed and diving to the ground. Pilot had baled out but was struck by the tailplane. Engine was not running when aircraft hit the ground |