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Date: | Wednesday 26 September 1945 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 18 EFTS RAF |
Registration: | DE789 |
MSN: | 85703 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Grove Farm, Scotts Grove Road, Chobham, Woking, Surrey -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey |
Destination airport: | RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85703: Taken on charge as DE789 at 9 MU RAF Cosford 22.5.42. To 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 6.7.42
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26.9.45 when engine failed, overshot on landing, and collided with a hedge at Grove Farm, Scotts Grove Road, Chobham, Woking Surrey. No fatalities or injuries reports among the two crew (instructor and pupil pilot under training).
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.9. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p 16)
3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p857.html 4. 18 EFTS ORB October 1937-April 1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR 29/619/4:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7160944?descriptiontype=Full&ref=AIR+29/619 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3925-ORB-No-18-EFTS-Fair-Oaks 6.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 7.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20DE789 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Oct-2019 20:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
26-Oct-2019 20:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Destination airport] |
28-Oct-2019 08:51 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
26-Aug-2021 21:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
26-Aug-2021 21:20 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |