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Date: | Saturday 16 September 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 9 RFS RAF |
Registration: | EM800 |
MSN: | 8607 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Swinefleet, 2 miles SE of Goole, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Doncaster, Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 86017; Taken on charge as EM800 at 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 18.5.43. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 21.7.43. Crashed 18.2.44 [presued at Booker]; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 3.3.44. Upon completion of repairs, notified as "awaiting collection" and delivered to 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 25.3.44. To 22 EFTS RAF TEversham, Cambridge 25.8.44. coded “FJB-G”. To 22 RFS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 26.6.47. To 9 RFS RAF Doncaster, South Yorkshire 29.1.48, coded “RCZ-N”
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16.9.50 when wrecked in a forced landing at Swinefleet, East Yorkshire after engine failure.
The reported crash location of Swinefleet is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of the town of Goole on the A161 road from Goole to Crowle, at approximate coordinates 53°41′22.55″N, 0°50′2.37″W
Struck off charge and sold as scrap (Cat.E(scrap)) on 25.9.50.
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. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.83
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p860.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinefleet Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Dec-2020 21:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Feb-2021 10:20 |
Dr.Roup |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
29-Sep-2021 20:05 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
30-Sep-2021 11:20 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |