ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204063
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| Date: | Thursday 21 January 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 28 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | BB816 |
| MSN: | 3380 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Aqueduct, Watling Street near Brewood, Stafford, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
First registered (C of R 5960) as G-ADJD 29.8.35 to Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd., Woodley Aerodrome, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, and operated by 8 E&RFTS Woodley; coded “2”. C of A 5032 issued 18.11.35
Unit renamed 8 EFTS upon outbreak of war on 3.9.39. Civil registration G-ADJD cancelled 9.10.40 when impressed into military service as BB816. Remained with 8 EFTS until issued to 28 EFTS, RAF, based at Pendeford, Wolverhampton on 6.10.41.
On 21.1.43, De Haviland Tiger Moth BB816 of 28 EFTS (Elementary Flying Training School) collided in mid air with Tiger Moth R5101 and crashed onto an aqueduct at Watling Street near Brewood, Stafford, Staffordshire. Both crew - one in each aircraft - were killed
Crew of Tiger Moth BB816:
LAC (1332723) Stanley Albert De’Ath (Pupil Pilot u/t) RAFVR- killed in service 21.1.43
In addition, a Turkish pilot, who was attached to 28 EFTS, 2nd Lt A. Aksu, was killed the same day; he was the pilot of Tiger Moth R5101.
No.28 EFTS (Elementary Flying Training School) commenced operations at Pendeford on 15.9.41 and was operated for the Royal Air Force by Air Schools Ltd. It was renamed No.25 Reserve Flying School on 26.6.47, and ceased to operate on 31.3.53.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircrft BA100-BZ999 (James J. Halley Air Britain 1986 p 18)
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADJD.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
5. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1943.htm
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1329-Turkish-Casualties/page2
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p033.html
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7791&styleid=3
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/09269.php
10. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11980-21-Jan-1943-19430121
11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2427046/de'ath,-stanley-albert/
12. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewood
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendeford#Pendeford_Airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2018 13:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Jan-2018 13:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2018 13:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 21:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-May-2019 20:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2019 07:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Aug-2021 04:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 17-Aug-2021 08:56 | BlB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Aug-2021 15:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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