ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20019
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| Date: | Monday 28 May 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | L6948 |
| MSN: | 3588 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
| Nuneaton, Warwickshire |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3588 (Gipsy Major #80010): Taken on charge as L6948 at Reid & Sigrist Ltd., and issued to 7 E&RFTS, Desford in 1937. Damaged 15.4.38 when stalled and collided with a tree at RAF Desford, Leicestershire. Repaired and returned to service. Unit renamed 7 EFTS upon outbreak of war 3.9.1939.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when 'bounced' on landing at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, on 28.5.45, and tipped up on to its nose. (Aircraft was engaged in forced landing training). The two crew - Instructor Pilot and Pupil Pilot u/t - were apparently not named and not injured. Struck off Charge as Cat.E(FA) 5.6.45.
Sources:
1. RAF Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://leicestershire-aviation.co.uk/aircraft-crashes-force-landings-in-leicestershire/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuneaton#Second_World_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2008 05:16 | JINX | Added |
| 22-Oct-2013 19:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 15:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 25-Aug-2021 17:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 25-Aug-2021 17:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2021 17:16 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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