ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143967
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Date: | Tuesday 30 May 1944 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth II |
Owner/operator: | 15 EFTS RAF |
Registration: | DE469 |
MSN: | 85465 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | RAF Kingstown, Caslisle, Cumberland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Kingstown, Caslisle, Cumberland |
Destination airport: | RAF Kingstown, Cumberland |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 85465: Taken on charge as DE469 at 45 MU RAF Kinloss 9.3.42. To 15 EFTS Carlisle 11.10.42; coded “11”.
Substantially damaged 30.5.44: Tiger Moth Mk.II DE469 Mk.II (coded '11') of 15 EFTS. Location of crash: RAF Kingstown, Caslisle, Cumberland. Sgt Vladimir Nedělka rolled after landing on the runway and crashed into their own standing MK II Tiger Moth T6818.
Sgt. Nedelka after completion of training he joined 310 (Czechoslovakia) Fighter Squadron, with whom he had another accident 23.12.1944. On the same day at the same unit at the same airport crashed in the same way Sgt. (Sergeant) Kylar Ulrich, who with Moth Mk.I R4767 own fault rammed into a stationary Moth Mk.I T7334. None of these pilots was injured in accidents.
Presumably repaired and returned to service, as delivered to 8 MU RAF Little Rissington 10.8.45. Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(s) when Sold as Scrap 28.3.50 to International Alloys Ltd, Aylesbury.
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p854.html 2.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 3.
http://flymag.cz/article.php?id=6171 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Carlisle#The_War_years Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Feb-2012 14:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
06-Dec-2018 17:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
23-Aug-2021 00:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
23-Aug-2021 00:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Damage] |
23-Aug-2021 08:53 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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