ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182475
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| Date: | Monday 18 September 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | C.H. Schäfer |
| Registration: | D-EFYN |
| MSN: | 86187 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eudenbach Airfield, Edudenbach, Königswinter, 19 km SE of Bonn -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Eudenbach Airfield, Edudenbach, Königswinter, West Germany |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86187; Taken on charge by the RAF as NL704 at 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan, 10.7.43. To 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leicestershire 29.9.43. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard 12.4.47. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 24.11.47. To 18 RFS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 25.1.49 coded “RCT-R”. To RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire 3.5.50; operated as hack by the resident 100 Squadron. To RAF Wittering Station Flight, Wittering, Cambridgeshire 13.8.53. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 23.4.54 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) when sold as parts 15.9.54 to W A Rollason Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK civil registered as G-AOEU (C of R R5121/1) 8.10.55 to W A Rollason Ltd, Croydon. C of A issued 17.4.56. Registration G-AOEU cancelled 7.5.56 as 'sold Germany - D-EFYN'.
Re-registered in West Germany as D-EFYN [ferry permit issued 15.5.56] 28.5.56 to Luftsportclub Bayer Leverkusen. This Tiger Moth was D-EFYN "the second", being as it was a replacement for D-EFYN "the first" (MSN 85436 ex-G-AOEA and RAF DE428) which crashed on delivery at Ostend, Belgium 27.11.55 following pilotless take-off. Re-registered 23.6.61 to C.H. Schäfer, Eudenbach.
Spun in after releasing glider shortly after take off from Eudenbach Airfield, Edudenbach, Königswinter, 19 km South East of Bonn, West Germany 18.9.61; registration D-EFYN cancelled 20.9.61. Used for spares in 1962 in rebuild of Tiger Moth D-EGYN and other parts sold to P Limbach, which were later sold to Harry van der Meer at the Aviodome Museum, Schiphol in 1992.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOEU.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p861.html
5. https://second.wiki/wiki/segelfluggelc3a4nde_eudenbach
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2015 16:02 | TB | Added |
| 19-Sep-2021 21:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 19-Sep-2021 21:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2021 21:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2021 21:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 08-Oct-2021 20:19 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Oct-2021 20:56 | TB | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 08-Oct-2021 20:56 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Dec-2021 21:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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