ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205225
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| Date: | Thursday 24 July 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 4 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | BB757 |
| MSN: | 3513 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Brough, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brough, East Yorkshire (EGNB) |
| RAF Brough. East Yorkshire (EGNB) |
First registered [C of R 7208] 27.7.36 as G-AELP to The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd., Hatfield, Hertfordshire (aircraft based at White Waltham Aerodrome, Maidenhead, Berkshire). C of A 5602 issued 26.8.36. It was used and operated by De Havilland Ltd. under the guise of 13 E&RFTS flying from White Waltham from 1936 onwards, on 3.9.39 the unit was re-designated as 13 EFTS and it remained with them.
Registration G-AELP cancelled by the Air Ministry 30.10.40 when impressed into military service as BB757. On 9.1.41 it was transferred to 4 EFTS at RAF Brough, East Yorkshire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24.7.41 when the pilot of this aircraft was undertaking his first solo flight, while making a landing it sustained a damaged undercarriage, the pilot attempted to take off again to go around for another landing but lost control and crashed just outside the aerodrome boundary at RAF Brough, East Yorkshire. Pilot - Leading aircraftman (Pilot Under Training) H M Nunn RAF VT (Service Number: 1312410) - Survived but received injuries
BB757 sustained Cat.E1/FA damage as a result of this mishap, and was struck off charge five days later (29.7.41) after being assessed as "damaged beyond economic repair". As far as is known the pilot was only slightly injured.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft BA100-BZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1986 p 18)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/7716: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16757013
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AELP.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html
6. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york41/bb757.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough_Aerodrome
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 July 1941 | BB757 | 4 EFTS RAF | 0 | RAF Brough, East Yorkshire, England | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2018 17:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Oct-2018 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-May-2019 00:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2019 16:25 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 08-Aug-2021 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 09-Aug-2021 08:21 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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