My Uncle Tom was stationed at RAF Sealand during WW2 and was a Sgt Pilot(VR) Flight testing US aircraft reassembled after arrival from the US via the Liverpool/Birkenhead Docks, sadly he was killed test flying a P40 Tomahawk, I asked for a copy of the inquiry into his death and was surprised to read the Tomahawk was fully gunned up and armed, perhaps someone could tell me was this the way A/c were flight tested after re-assembly from the US, or would a flight test also be the delivery flight of that A/c to its intended aerodrome?
Peter RB