Date:	Friday 19 January 1951
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	10 RFS RAF
Registration:	EM923
MSN:	86117
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	220 yards North of Exminster Railway Station, Exeter, Devon, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Exeter, Devon (EXT/EGTE)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Tiger Moth crashed next to the railway line at Exminster, Exeter, Devon, approximately 220 yards north of Exminster Railway Station after the tail skid had snagged on telephone wires while low flying.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.110 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.107
4. http://aircrewremembered.com/pinn-ronald-harry-albert.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p861.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exminster
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disused_railway_stations_on_the_Exeter_to_Plymouth_Line#Exminster

De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86117; Taken on charge by the RAF as EM923 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 21.5.43. To 11 EFTS RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 24.7.43. To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 13.8.45. To 10 RFS RAF Exeter, Exeter, Devon 31.5.49; coded “RSB-F”

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Jan-2021 16:06	Dr. John Smith	Added
08-Jan-2021 16:50	Pink	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ]
30-Sep-2021 23:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
30-Sep-2021 23:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, ]
01-Oct-2021 08:18	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
02-Oct-2024 09:12	ASN	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ]