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



Date31/03/1954
CasualtiesGp Cpt G.N. Hancock ETPS
AircraftGloster Meteor F Mk 8 WH312
Took off fromFarnborough, Hampshire
Purpose of flightnot known
Incident locationMytchett Green, Hampshire
Incident detailsHaving experienced an engine failure, the pilot lost control when turning on to finals at Farnborough


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