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Date: | Tuesday 14 February 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 21 EFTS RAF |
Registration: | NM176 |
MSN: | 86484 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Booker, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Booker, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Booker, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 86484; Taken on charge as NM176 at 21 EFTS (Elementary Flying Training School), RAF Booker, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 1.3.44.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14.2.50 when the aircraft struck the ground short of the airfield on approach to RAF Booker, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. No reported fatalities or injuries.
Struck off charge as Car.E2(FA) 15.2.50. Brought back on charge 30.3.50 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minichinhampton, Gloucestershire, pending sale. Struck off charge (again) as Cat.E(s) when sold 17.7.50 to Wiltshire School of Flying, Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire; presumed broken up and used for spares.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.35
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p864.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Booker#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Dec-2020 20:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Dec-2020 10:22 |
Sycak |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
27-Sep-2021 21:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
27-Sep-2021 21:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
28-Sep-2021 10:32 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |