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



Date25/08/1917
CasualtiesMr H. Barnwell
AircraftVickers F.B.26
Took off fromJoyce Green, Dartford, Kent
Purpose of flightF.B.26 prototype trials
Incident locationJoyce Green, Dartford, Kent
Incident detailsSpun into ground immediately after take-off


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