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



Date01/10/1940
CasualtiesMr R.O. Tipple, RAE Farnborough FTO
AircraftFairey Battle Mk I K9223
Took off fromExeter, Devon
Purpose of flightNew weapon tests in aircraft modified for balloon cable impact trials
Incident locationWembdon Hill, Bridgewater, Somerset
Incident detailsAnti-spin parachute accidentally deployed. Pilot baled out after FTO became trapped and unable to escape


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