ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204485
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| Date: | Thursday 19 June 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 13 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | BB736 |
| MSN: | 3430 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Panshanger, Hertfordshire |
First registered (C of R 6469) on 13.11.35 as G-ADXB to the de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield, Hertfordshire (aircraft based at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire), C of A 5209 issued 28.11.35. Retained by De Havilland at Hatfield operated by the De Havilland Flying School (later 1 E&RFTS) coded "16". Unit renamed 1 EFTS upon outbreak of war 3.9.39. Civil registration G-ADXB cancelled 30.10.40. Impressed into military service on 30.10.40 (same day) as BB736.
Issued to 13 EFTS, based at White Waltham, near Maidenhead, Berkshire. On 20.12.40 it moved with the unit to RAF Peterborough. Thence back to 1 EFTS, at Panshanger, Hertfordshire
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19.6.41 when collided with Blenheim V6360 ("YH-K" of 21 Squadron, RAF) over Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire.
Crew:
LAC (1066756) Victor Louis DEROO (Pilot u/t) RAF killed
LAC Deroo was buried at Halton (St. Michael) Churchyard, Halton, Buckinghamshire Plot 1. Row U. Grave 110. His next of kin (his mother) came from West Kirkby, Liverpool - which suggests that his body was not repatriated to his home part of the UK (Merseyside).
Bristol Blenheim V6360 survived the crash, made a safe emergency landing, was repaired and returned to service (it was finally struck off charge 7.5.44)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft BA100-BZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1986 p 18)
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2706430/deroo,-victor-louis/
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADXB.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p034.html
7. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/7017; https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16756314
8. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Jun41.html
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3047-410619-Unaccounted-airmen-19-6-1941
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Clinton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2018 17:57 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Oct-2018 20:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-May-2019 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2019 22:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-May-2019 22:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 30-May-2019 16:24 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 30-May-2019 19:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2019 07:22 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Aug-2021 20:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Aug-2021 21:10 | BlBe | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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