ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231216
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| Date: | Monday 15 September 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | London Aero & Motor Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJHN |
| MSN: | 85664 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Elstree Aerodrome, Elstree, Herfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Elstree Airfield, Elstree, Herfordshire (EGTR) |
| Elstree Airfield, Elstree, Herfordshire (EGTR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85664: Taken on charge as DE734 at 29 MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 8.5.42. To 277 Squadron, RAF Stapleford, Essex 31.8.42. To Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Licestershire for repairs 8.5.43; to 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire after completion of repairs 30.6.43.
To 308 Squadron, RAF Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire 18.8.43; moved with squadron to RAF Heston, Middlesex 9.43; then to RAF Northolt 10.43. To 38 MU Llandow 23.4.44. To RAF Whitchurch, Bristol, Gloucestershire 18.6.45. To RAF Filton [at an unknown date in 1945-46]. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 17.6.46 for storage pending disposal
Struck off charge when sold 5.9.46 to Marshalls Flying School Ltd, Cambridge. Registered G-AJHN (C of R 11303/1) 12.2.47 to Marshall’s Flying School Ltd, Cambridge. C of A 9029 issued 22.5.47. Cancelled 27.5.47 and re-registered 21.6.47 to London Aero & Motor Services Ltd, Stansted [but based at Elstree, Hertfordshire].
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) 15.9.47 when crashed on landing and destroyed by fire at Elstree Aerodrome, Elstree, Hertfordshire. Registration G-AJHN cancelled 29.1.48 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".
It is noteworthy that the official Air Ministry file into the accident (file BT217/1927: "Accident to "Tiger Moth" aircraft G-AJHN; Elstree Aerodrome, Herts, 15 Sept 1947: report by Chief Inspector of Accidents") is closed for 75 years, until 1.1.2024 due to the invoking of "LCI 56 - Series containing both closure and accelerated opening instruments". The decision to close the file until 1.1.2024 was taken on 8.8.80.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/1927: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576081
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJHN.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p856.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2019 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Aug-2021 20:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 30-Aug-2021 20:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 20:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2021 20:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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