ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151394
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| Date: | Monday 11 May 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Basisvlucht Leeuwarden, Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | A-3 |
| MSN: | 86579 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leeuwarden AFB, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden Air Base, Leeuwarden, Friesland (EHLW) |
| Leeuwarden Air Base, Leeuwarden, Friesland (EHLW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86579: Taken on charge as PG682, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 20.5.44. Howeer placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably July 1945]. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 25.7.45 (delivered 23.7.45).
Transferred to Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)) 20.7.46 [via RAF Pershore]; despatched 24.7.46. Taken on charge by Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)) as A-3 at Woensdrecht. To Fokker 16.2.48 for major inspection; returned to Woensdrecht 7.5.48. To Fokker for major inspection 16.5.49; returned to Woensdrecht 4.7.49. To Leeuwarden Air Base, Leeuwarden, Friesland 21.3.55 for Basisvlucht Leeuwarden (Basic Flight, Leeuwarden). Damaged in ground accident 7.7.56; repairs completed by/on 31.5.58.
Crashed at Leeuwarden Air Base, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands, 11.5.59; Engine failure while performing aerobatics, aircraft lost control, crashed and caught fire. PIlot, Sergeant J Van Weiren killed.
Struck off charge as "destroyed" 2.7.59.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-PZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. Dutch Tiger Moths / Herman Dekker, 1986
3. Algemeen Handelsblad 12-05-1959
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p865.html
6. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-d/701-dehavilland-dh-82-tiger-moth-uk?showall=1
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeuwarden_Air_Base#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2012 12:24 | harro | Added |
| 19-May-2019 09:59 | Cobar | Updated [Total fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2020 12:56 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Dec-2021 20:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Jun-2022 22:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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