ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19683
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| Date: | Thursday 6 December 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 14 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | N6862 |
| MSN: | 82117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Churton Heath, Cheshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elmdon, Birmingham |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82117 (Gipsy Major #81047): Taken on charge as N6862 at 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 6.6.39. To 1 EFTS Hatfield 8.9.39. Crashed at Hartwell, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 1.3.40; to 1 CRU Cowley for repairs 7.3.40. Upon completion of repairs, to 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire 21.6.40. To 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Birmingham 30.8.40
Written off 6.12.45 when collided with a hedge and sustained damage beyond economical repair in a forced landing at Churton Heath, Cheshire, at approximate co-ordinates 53°7′ 48″ N, 2°50′ 27.6″ W. Pilot - Pilot Officer (181880) Dennis Arthur Sutham Osborne -survived the crash unhurt
Churton Heath is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Aldford and Saighton, in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England.
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1945.htm
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p821.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churton_Heath
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2008 11:36 | Nepa | Added |
| 18-Mar-2012 23:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 15:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Aug-2021 22:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-Aug-2021 10:25 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2021 23:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2021 11:37 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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