ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66462
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 June 1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Rochester & Ulster Flying Clubs Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ANEC |
| MSN: | 86102 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Letterkenny, Co. Donegal -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Letterkenney, Co.Donegal |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 86102; Taken on charge as EM908 at 10 MU Hullavington 14.7.43. To 602 Squadron, Newchurch 10.8.43; moved with squadron to RAF Detling, Kent 10.43; RAF Skeabrae 1.44; back to RAF Detling 3.44; then to RAF Ford, Arundel, Sussex 4.44. To 309 FO [?] 20.6.44. To 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Birmingham 7.4.45. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 28.1.46. To 15 RFS (Reserve Flying School) RAF Redhill, Surrey 16.8.48 coded “RCD-H” later “16”. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 12.8.52 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 7.10.53 to Association of British Aero Clubs. UK civil registered as G-ANEC (C of R R4125/1) on 24.9.53 to Short Bros & Harland Ltd, Rochester, Kent. C of A A4125 issued 29.4.57. Operated by Rochester & Ulster Flying Clubs Ltd, initially at Rochester, Kent; later moved to Newtownards Airport, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Badly damaged when overturned on take-off from 400 yard field on a spraying detail at Letterkenny, Co.Donegal 21.6.60. Registration G-ANEC cancelled/lapsed 1.1.61 and re-registered (C of R 4125/2) on 28.2.61 to Rochester & Ulster Flying Clubs Ltd, Newtownards, but not repaired. Returned to Rochester, Kent after the above accident and disposed of 6.62. Registration G-ANEC cancelled 10.2.64 as 'destroyed'.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Arcraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANEC-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANEC-2.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p861.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterkenny
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2009 22:34 | VHKDK | Added |
| 02-Feb-2012 18:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2021 00:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
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