ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233892
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| Date: | Thursday 29 July 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Naval Flying Club (Pty) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AMCN |
| MSN: | 84236 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNAS Gosport (HMS Siskin), Gosport, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Gosport (HMS Siskin), Gosport, Hampshire |
| RNAS Gosport (HMS Siskin), Gosport, Hampshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84236; Taken on charge as T7864, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 5.2.41. However, placed into long-term stoage in ‘purgatory’ at Archer Cowley Ltd, Park End Street, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection 18.8.41. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 25.8.41. Crashed 12.7.42 [presumed at Booker]; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 23.7.42; to 44 MU RAF Edzell 9.8.42. To 652 Squadron, RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 26.5.43; to RAF Ayr 7.43. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 17.8.43. To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire 2.11.44. Struck off charge as Cat.5 (scrap) 25.5.50
However, not scrapped; instead first civilian registered (C of R 15046/1) as G-AMCN on 30.6.50 to Captain Randall Wood, Ryde, Isle of Wight. (Aircraft based at Christchurch Aerodrome, Somerford, Christchurch. Dorset). Registration cancelled/lapsed 5.3.52 upon sale.
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 15046/2) on 18.3.52 to the Royal Naval Flying Club (Pty) Ltd, Royal Naval Air Station Gosport (HMS Siskin), Gosport, Hampshire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29.7.54 when crashed on landing at RNAS Gosport (HMS Siskin), Gosport, Hampshire. Registration G-AMCN cancelled by the Air Ministry 30.7.54 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMCN.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p842.html
4. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15926.0
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sultan_(establishment)#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2020 19:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Oct-2021 17:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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