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



Date19/05/1942
CasualtiesMr A. Smith, Rootes Trainee Engineer
AircraftHandley Page Halifax Mk II DG223
Took off fromSpeke, Lancashire
Purpose of flightVibration flight test
Incident locationMold, Flintshire
Incident detailsIncorrectly assembled isolation cock led to failure of all four engines and wheels-up forced landing. Nose section destroyed on impact with hedge


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