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Date: | Friday 28 September 1945 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 7 EFTS RAF |
Registration: | DF120 |
MSN: | 85869 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sutton-in-the-Elms, NW of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85869: Taken on charge as DF120, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton 4.2.43; however, stored long-term locally in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxford area. Returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford, for erection 30.4.44. To 39 MU RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 20.5.44 (actually delivered 17.5.44). To 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leicestershire 29.5.45.
Written off (destroyed) 28.9.45 when abandoned after ailerons jammed during a slow roll at Suton-in-the-Elms, near Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. Both crew bailed out uninjured.
The reported crash location of Sutton in the Elms is a settlement in the northwest of Broughton Astley (where the population is listed), Leicestershire. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Sutton Elms. The settlement is about 9 miles (14 km) south west of the City of Leicester in the District of Harborough in Leicestershire at approximate coordinates 52°32′ 27.6″ N, 1°14′ 13.2″ W
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 18)
3.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p858.html 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20DF120 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_in_the_Elms 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Astley Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Nov-2019 01:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
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02-Nov-2019 08:25 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
26-Aug-2021 21:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category] |
26-Aug-2021 21:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
27-Aug-2021 10:21 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |