Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 12/06/1952 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt I.K. Johnston, D Squadron A&AEE P; Mr R.J. Whatley, photographer |
| Aircraft | North American Harvard T Mk 2B EX371 |
| Took off from | Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| Purpose of flight | Photoshoot of paradrop from Hastings |
| Incident location | Figheldean, Wiltshire |
| Incident details | Aircraft entered spin during shoot and crashed |