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



Date01/03/1941
CasualtiesSqn Ldr J.E. Dutton AFC, TP
AircraftCurtiss Mohawk Mk II BK877
Took off fromBoscombe Down, Wiltshire
Purpose of flightGun heating trials, climb to high altitude
Incident locationHanging Langford, Wiltshire
Incident detailsAircraft dived out of cloud on fire


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