ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205031
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| Date: | Friday 27 September 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 7 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | G-AEID |
| MSN: | 3498 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Desford, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
| RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 3498 (Gipsy Major #8288) Registered as G-AEID [C of R 6986] 11.5.36 to Reid & Sigrist Ltd., New Malden, Surrey, and operated by 7 E&RFTS Desford, Leicestershire. C of A 5491 issued 1.7.36. Unit renamed 7 EFTS after outbreak of war on 3.9.39.
Written off 27.9.40 when crashed into a tree on landing at RAF Desford, Leicestershire. Pilot, Leading Aircraftman R W Cross injured. Registration G-AEID belatedly cancelled by the Air Ministry post war, on 9.11.45, due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl form use of aircraft". A note on the aircraft's record card states "(Census 1945)"; which indicates that the Air Ministry were only made aware of the demise of G-AEID, some five years later, after a return from the last registered owners, in response to the Air Ministry's 1945 census into the existence (or not) of all UK-registered pre-war civil aircraft
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AEID.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/3495: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16687593
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p034.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2018 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Oct-2018 20:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2021 21:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 04-Aug-2021 22:03 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Feb-2022 00:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2022 10:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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