ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151396
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| Date: | Saturday 15 September 1956 |
| Time: | 15:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Instructie Groep Gilze-Rijen Koninklijke Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | A-22 |
| MSN: | 86608 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eindhoven AFB, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven Air Base, Eindhoven, Netherlands (EHEH) |
| Eindhoven Air Base, Eindhoven, Netherlands (EHEH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86608; Taken on charge as PG711, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 30.6.44. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably June 1945]. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 28.6.45 for storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when transferred to Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu) 8.8.46; despatched 20.8.46. Taken on charge by Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu) as A-22 at Woensdrecht Air Base, Netherlands. To Fokker for major inspection 22.4.48; returned to Woensdrecht 8.7.48. To Deelen 18.7.50 and then to Teuge 19.7.50 for glider-towing; returned to Woensdrecht 8.9.50. To Avio-Diepen for major inspection 15.1.51; to Woensdrecht 12.3.51. To DVVM-2 Gilze-Rijen 2.8.54 and to Zwolle for exhibition purposes; to Haarlem 11.8.54; returned to Woensdrecht 5.10.54. To T Squadron, DVVM-2 for 334 Squadron KLu 29.1.55. To Gilze-Rijen 21.5.55 for Instructie Groep Gilze-Rijen, Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht, KLu)
Written off (destroyed) when crashed at Eindhoven Air Base, Eindhoven, Netherlands 15.9.56; During aerobatics display went out of control and crashed, aircraft caught fire on impact. Pilot Van de Tol. Struck off charge 23.11.56.
Sources:
1. Dutch Tiger Moths/Herman Dekker, 1986
2. De Volkskrant 17.9.56
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-PZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p866.html
6. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-d/701-dehavilland-dh-82-tiger-moth-uk?start=2
7. https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-d/vliegtuigen-d-dehavil-dh82
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eindhoven_Airport#Early_years
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2012 12:26 | harro | Added |
| 22-May-2019 11:06 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2020 17:14 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2021 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 04-Nov-2021 17:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 17:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Jun-2022 23:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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