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



Date01/08/1940
CasualtiesPlt Off A. Bailey, TP; AC2 Budd, Photographer
AircraftVickers Vildebeest K6408
Took off fromGosport, Hampshire
Purpose of flightTorpedo dropping trials
Incident locationSolent off Ryde Pier, IoW
Incident detailsFailure to recover from stall turn after torpedo drop


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