ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204849
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| Date: | Saturday 12 October 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 6 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | BB703 |
| MSN: | 3486 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ketton, Rutland, 3 miles West of Stamford, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire (ORM/EGBK) |
| RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire (ORM/EGBK) |
First registered [C of R 6707] on 12.2.36 as G-AEBZ to Brooklands Aviation Ltd., Brooklands Aerodrome, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey (aircraft based at Sywell Airfield, Northamptonshire). C of A 5326 issued 18.2.36.
Issued to 6 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School (6 E&RFTS). This unit had been formed at Sywell, Northamptonshire by Brooklands Aviation Limited, operating under contract with the Air Ministry from June 1935. Due to the outbreak of war, from 3.9.39, the reserve was mobilized, and the unit name amended to 6 EFTS.
Civil registration G-AEBZ was cancelled with effect from 17.9.40, when impressed into military service as BB703. Aircraft remained with 6 EFTS
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12.10.40 when wrecked in a forced landing at Ketton, Rutland, three miles west of Stamford, Lincolnshire. According to some published sources, the pilot had become lost, and had to force land when his aircraft ran out of fuel.
Tiger Moth BB703 was sent to Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 25.10.40 but repairs not proceeded with, and instead Struck Off Charge 22.11.40 as FACE (flying Accident Cat.E)
Sources:
1. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AEBZ.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p034.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1557-401012-Unaccounted-airman-12-10-1940
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BB703
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2018 20:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Oct-2018 20:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2021 22:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 05-Aug-2021 09:21 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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