Date:	Wednesday 1 March 1939
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	24 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K4243
MSN:	3239
Engine model:	de Havilland Gipsy Major
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Hendon, Middlesex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hendon, Middlesex
Destination airport:	RAF Hendon, Middlesex

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3239; Taken on charge as K4243 at RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey 20.12.34. To 24 Squadron, RAF Hendon, Middlesex 20.5.35.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled during cross-wind landing and spun into the ground at RAF Hendon, Middlesex 1.3.39. Not repaired; Struck off charge and converted to ground instructional airframe 1452M 24.4.39. Issued to 6 School of Technical Training, RAF Hednesford. Staffordshire in 5.39. total time on airframe 726.55 hours

1. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain 1995 p.347)
2. 24 Squadron Operational Record Book (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1.4.26 to 30.9.39: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/292/1 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8409747
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p032.html
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=K4243
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendon_Aerodrome

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Mar-2022 18:02	Dr. John Smith	Added
30-Mar-2022 18:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
30-Mar-2022 23:14	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ]