Date:	Tuesday 8 April 1941
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	7 EFTS RAF
Registration:	T5691
MSN:	83406
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Bradgate Park, near Newtown Linford, Leicestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Desford, Leicestershire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83406; Built by Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxfordshire. Taken on charge as T5691 at 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leciestrershire 25.6.40.

Written off (destroyed) when abandoned in spin and crashed at Bradgate Park, Charnwood Forest, near Newtown Linford, Leicestershire 8.4.41; Pilot - Leading Aircraftman Thomas Ritchie GRAHAM (1014960, Pilot Under Training, aged 25) - killed.

Aircraft not repaired; Struck off charge 19.4.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/5738: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16689836
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2840872/thomas-ritchie-graham/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p834.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T5691
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2598-410408-Unaccounted-airmen-8-4-1941&p=78728#post78728
8. http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1941/Casualties_1941_04-1.htm
9. https://docplayer.net/amp/186974828-Aircraft-crashes-in-the-east-midlands-excluding-lincolnshire-t-n-hancock.html
10. https://www.bradgatepark.org/
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradgate_Park
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown_Linford

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Feb-2022 20:09	Dr. John Smith	Added
20-Feb-2022 23:54	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]