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



Date11/1914
CasualtiesR.P. Alston, senior designer, Sopwith
AircraftSopwith 807 Folder Seaplane
Took off fromnot known
Purpose of flightnot known
Incident locationnot known
Incident detailsAircraft overturned on water. Pilot V. Mahl (Asst CTP Sopwith) was rescued after swimming clear


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