ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17231
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| Date: | Sunday 4 May 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Compagnie Commerciale d’Aviation et de l’Automobile SA |
| Registration: | OO-TWD |
| MSN: | 82029 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Meuse River near Amay, Liège -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Liège Airport, Liege, Belgium (EBLG) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Tiger Moth MSN 82029 (Gipsy Major #80957): Taken on charge by the RAF as N6751 at 8 MU Little Rissington 28.4.39. To 24 ERFTS Sydenham 23.6.39. To 12 EFTS Prestwick 15.10.39. To 13 EFTS White Waltham 13.12.39. To 4 EFTS Brough 9.3.40.
Crashed at Brough, East Yorkshire 29.4.41; to DeHavilland for repairs 4.5.41. To RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk 26.6.41. To 235 Squadron, Dyce,Aberdeen 27.6.41. To 1401 Flight, Bircham Newton, Norfolk 27.3.42; unit merged into 521 Squadron 8.42. To RAF Stonycross 25.1.43.
Crashed 15.12.43; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 31.12.43; to 38 MU Colerne 25.2.44. To Detling Station Flight 11.44. To 12 MU Kirkbride for storage 21.2.45. To Marshalls Flying Services, Cambridge 24.5.45.
Struck Off Charge as sold (as from 6 MU Brize Norton) 5.1.46 to Marshalls Flying School Ltd, Cambridge. UK Civil Registered G-AGYV (C of R 9848) 10.1.46 to Marshalls Flying School Ltd, Cambridge. C of A 7333 issued 29.1.46.
Registration G-AGYV cancelled 11.7.46 as 'sold abroad'. Registered in Belgium as OO-TWD [C of R 528] 29.7.46 to Leon Tonglet (Managing Director of COCA), Brussels. Re-registered 3.3.47 to Compagnie Commerciale d’Aviation et de l’Automobile SA [COCA], Brussels/Haren.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into River Meuse at Antheit, near Amay, South West of Liege 4.5.47 while performing at airshow. Registration cancelled 28.12.48.
Antheit (in Walloon Ontè ) is a section of the Belgian municipality of Wanze located in the Walloon region in the province of Liège. It was a municipality in its own right before the merger of the municipalities in 1977 .
Sources:
1. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
2. http://www.mobilit.fgov.be/data/aero/accidents/AA_old.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p820.html
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGYV.pdf
6. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/de-havilland-dh82a-tiger-moth
7. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antheit
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 07:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Mar-2012 13:42 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Source] |
| 29-Jul-2021 19:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Aug-2021 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2022 08:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Nov-2022 08:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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