CIVILIAN
TOM TIMMS
Regiment & Unit/Ship Civilian War Dead
Died 21 October 1943
Age 22 years old
Civilian Test Flight Engineer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Timms, of 262 Gloucester Road, Cheltenham. Died at Purton.
Date 21/10/1943
Casualties Fg Off N.G. Donald, Armstrong Whitworth TP; Mr T. Timms; two ATC cadets on air experience also lost their lives (J.F.S. Cheriton and L.W. White)
Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Mk II V1741
Took off from Brockworth, Gloucestershire
Purpose of flight Production test flight
Incident location Purton, Gloucestershire
Incident details Aircraft was seen, at 3,000ft, to commence a turn to the left which developed into an increasingly steep dive. This was finally recovered but the aircraft struck the ground flat at high speed
TOM TIMMS
Regiment & Unit/Ship Civilian War Dead
Died 21 October 1943
Age 22 years old
Civilian Test Flight Engineer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Timms, of 262 Gloucester Road, Cheltenham. Died at Purton.
Date 21/10/1943
Casualties Fg Off N.G. Donald, Armstrong Whitworth TP; Mr T. Timms; two ATC cadets on air experience also lost their lives (J.F.S. Cheriton and L.W. White)
Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Mk II V1741
Took off from Brockworth, Gloucestershire
Purpose of flight Production test flight
Incident location Purton, Gloucestershire
Incident details Aircraft was seen, at 3,000ft, to commence a turn to the left which developed into an increasingly steep dive. This was finally recovered but the aircraft struck the ground flat at high speed
CIVILIAN
TOM TIMMS
Regiment & Unit/Ship Civilian War Dead
Died 21 October 1943
Age 22 years old
Civilian Test Flight Engineer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Timms, of 262 Gloucester Road, Cheltenham. Died at Purton.
Date 21/10/1943
Casualties Fg Off N.G. Donald, Armstrong Whitworth TP; Mr T. Timms; two ATC cadets on air experience also lost their lives (J.F.S. Cheriton and L.W. White)
Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Mk II V1741
Took off from Brockworth, Gloucestershire
Purpose of flight Production test flight
Incident location Purton, Gloucestershire
Incident details Aircraft was seen, at 3,000ft, to commence a turn to the left which developed into an increasingly steep dive. This was finally recovered but the aircraft struck the ground flat at high speed
TOM TIMMS
Regiment & Unit/Ship Civilian War Dead
Died 21 October 1943
Age 22 years old
Civilian Test Flight Engineer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Timms, of 262 Gloucester Road, Cheltenham. Died at Purton.
Date 21/10/1943
Casualties Fg Off N.G. Donald, Armstrong Whitworth TP; Mr T. Timms; two ATC cadets on air experience also lost their lives (J.F.S. Cheriton and L.W. White)
Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle Mk II V1741
Took off from Brockworth, Gloucestershire
Purpose of flight Production test flight
Incident location Purton, Gloucestershire
Incident details Aircraft was seen, at 3,000ft, to commence a turn to the left which developed into an increasingly steep dive. This was finally recovered but the aircraft struck the ground flat at high speed
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