ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224580
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 December 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 14 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | K4272 |
| MSN: | 3268 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hockley Heath ALG, Hockley Heath, Warwickshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elmdon, Birmingham (EGBB) |
| RAF Hockley Heath ALG, Warwickshire |
De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth K4272 MSN 3268: Taken on charge as K4272 at 2 ASU (Aircraft Servicing Unit) RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire 28.2.35. To 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire 4.6.35. To RAF Scampton Station Flight, Scampton, Lincolnshire 12.3.37. To 2 ASU Cardington 14.9.37. To 20 E&RFTS Gravesend, Kent 4.10.37. To 14 EFTS Elmdon, Warwickshire 15.10.39; coded "26".
Written off (damaged beyond repair): Whilst attempting a forced landing, it stalled in a low turn when attempting to land, and dived into the ground at RAF Hockley Heath ALG (Auxiliary Landing Ground) 31.12.40. Both crew killed
Crew of Tiger Moth K4272:
Sergeant (740333) Donald Arthur Stockton (Instructor) RAF- killed in service 31.12.40
Leading Naval Airman (FX.81988) Alan Armstrong (Pilot Under Training) FAA RN attached to HMS Daedalus/RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire) - killed in service 31.12.40.
Naval Airman Alan Armstrong reportedly survived the initial accident, but died in hospital of wounds sustained later in the day, and is buried at Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery, Tynemouth, Northumberland
K4272 was sent to DeHavilland 20.1.41 for assessment; deemed beyond repair and soc 27.1.41 as Cat.E.
RAF Hockley Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Solihull, Warwickshire, England, 7.7 miles (12.4 km) north-east of Redditch, Worcestershire. It was used as a RLG (Relief Landing Ground) for RAF Elmdon, Warwickshire. No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School RAF (EFTS) which flew Tiger Moths using RAF Elmdon as the main airfield and Hockley Heath as a satellite between 10.9.39 and 1.2.46 providing initial assessment before pupil pilots were sent abroad in the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme
Sources:
1. The K File: The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain. 2004)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/4736: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688834
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2264&p=11756#11756
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2449674/stockton,-donald-arthur/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2810722/armstrong,-alan/
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1940.htm
7. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-12DEC.htm
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p032.html
10. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=K4272
11. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2264-401231-Unaccounted-airmen-31-12-1940&p=11756#post11756
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hockley_Heath
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2019 00:17 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-May-2019 12:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2021 15:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 05-Aug-2021 17:38 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2021 17:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2021 19:06 | Glock G19 | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 21:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2022 22:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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