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



Date28/08/1940
CasualtiesMr E.G.H. Russell-Stacey, Hawker TP
AircraftHawker Hurricane Mk II Z2340
Took off fromBrooklands, Surrey
Purpose of flightFirst flight
Incident locationBrooklands, Surrey
Incident detailsEngine failure on take-off


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