ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224582
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| Date: | Monday 7 July 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 14 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | N5453 |
| MSN: | 3716 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile south of Shustoke, near Coleshill, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elmdon, Brimingham |
De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 3716 (Gipsy Major #80679) Taken on charge as N5453 at 27 MU RAF Shawbury, Shropshire 6.10.38. To 20 E&RFTS Gravesend, Kent 9.12.38. To 14 EFTS Elmdon, Birmingham 15.10.39.
Written off (destroyed) when abandoned after controls jammed in loop and crashed 1 mile South of Shustoke, Warwickshire 7.7.41. Pilot - Lieutenant T. McVey, Royal Navy - bailed out by parachute, but was injured. Not repaired and Struck off charge 13.7.41 as Cat.E(c) [and to DeHavilland for breaking up for spares use 15.7.41]
Shustoke is a village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. It is situated 2.5 miles northeast of Coleshill (the nearest town), 7.5 miles southwest of Atherstone, 9.5 miles east of Nuneaton and 12.5 miles east-northeast of Birmingham.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR AVIA 5/20/W1058: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6577263
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1941.htm
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p037.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3155-410707-Unaccounted-airmen-7-7-1941&p=16948#post16948
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shustoke
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2019 00:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-May-2019 12:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2021 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Aug-2021 19:09 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 09-Mar-2022 15:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2022 18:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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