ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266359
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 July 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 13 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | N6936 |
| MSN: | 82180 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF White Waltham, Berkshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82180 (Gipsy Major #81085) Taken on charge as N6936 at 5 MU Kemble 6.7.39. To 42 E&RFTS Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire 8.8.39. To 12 EFTS Prestwick, Ayrshire 15.10.39. To 13 EFTS White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 12.12.39.
Written off (Destroyed) in a bombing raid at RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 3.7.40. According to a local history website (see link #4)
"So, it [White Waltham Airfield] was bombed in July 1940 and one man was killed and several injured. 7 Tiger Moth trainer biplanes were destroyed and operations briefly had to move to relief airfields in Bray and Waltham St Lawrence but at the time the airfield was home to an RAF elementary flying school and to the expanding air transport auxiliary..."
Remains of Tiger Moth N6936 to 4 MPRD (Metal Produce Recovery Department) Cowley, Oxfordshire 8.7.40 for scrapping. Struck off charge 9.7.40 as Cat.E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p821.html
4. http://windsormuseum.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/VE-Day-in-the-Royal-Borough_75-Years-on_Podcast_Transcription.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Waltham_Airfield#Operational_history
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2021 16:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Aug-2021 17:18 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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