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



Date29/11/1941
CasualtiesFlt Lt A.M. Dunlop, P
AircraftBristol Blenheim Mk IV L9405
Took off fromHurn, Dorset
Purpose of flightTarget aircraft for AI trial
Incident locationChesil Bank, Dorset
Incident detailsBecame lost in deteriorating weather. Attempted landing on Chesil Bank but rolled into sea. WOp/AG survived


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