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



Date11/06/1953
CasualtiesP.G. Lawrence, Gloster TP
AircraftGloster Javelin WD808
Took off fromMoreton Valance, Gloucestershire
Purpose of flightSecond prototype elevator response trials with c.g. aft
Incident locationFlax Bourton, Somerset
Incident detailsEntered deep stall from which recovery proved impossible. Pilot ejected too late, 400ft AGL


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