ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204416
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| Date: | Friday 1 July 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force Flying Club, Hatfield |
| Registration: | G-ADSI |
| MSN: | 3423 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Penpont, 2 miles West of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 3423 (Gipsy Major #8318) Registered G-ADSI [C of R 6279] 11.9.35 to Royal Air Force Flying Club, Egypt Branch, Heliopolis (to be donated by Lord C.C. Wakefield, of "Castrol Oil" fame). C of A 5070 issued 7.10.35. Egyptian branch plans for RAF Flying Club abandonedin March 1936 and aircraft delivered instead to Hatfield in April 1936. (Despite some misleading published sources, Tiger Moth G-ADSI never left the UK)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Penpont, Nithsdale, near Dumfries 1.7.38. Registration G-ADSI cancelled 19.11.38 as "withdrawn from use".
The reported crash location of Penpont is a village about 2 miles (3 km) west of Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is near the confluence of the Shinnel Water and Scaur Water rivers in the foothills of the Southern Uplands.
Sources:
1. Taking Off: Memories of de Havilland at Hatfield By Hatfield Local History Society
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADSI.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p034.html
6. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C748621
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penpont
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2018 19:16 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Aug-2021 16:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 01-Aug-2021 22:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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