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



Date16/11/1940
CasualtiesPlt Off G.E. Stansbury, TP
AircraftBristol Blenheim Mk IV L4893
Took off fromBoscombe Down, Wiltshire
Purpose of flightnot known
Incident locationFilton, Bristol
Incident detailsAircraft stalled on the approach to Filton at the end of a ferry flight from A&AEE. Pilot was very experienced with 1,750hr


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