ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 413
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| Date: | Thursday 17 November 1960 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | NLS - Nationale Luchtvaartschool |
| Registration: | PH-UFF |
| MSN: | 83311 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hilversum Airfield, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hilversum Airfield, Hilversum, Netherlands (EHHV) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 83311 (built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford); Taken on charge by the RAF as T7030 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 7.6.40. To 9 EFTS RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire 13.11.40. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 29.3.44 for long-term stroage pending diposal.
Struck of charge when sold 16.7.46 to Royal Aero Club, London. UK civil registered as G-AIDA (CofR 10571/1) 19.8.46 to Portsmouth Aero Club, Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. CofA 8265 issued 20.10.46. Registration G-AIDA cancelled/lapsed 1.11.46. Re-registered (C of R 10571/2) on 15.1.47 to Hunting Flying Clubs Ltd, Portsmouth, Hampshire (later moved to Luton, Bedfordshire). Damaged in hangar fire Broxbourne 23.6.47. C of A lapsed 19.10.47. Registration G-AIDA cancelled 2.1.50 as scrapped. (Aircraft's record card states "cancelled due to destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft - notified 2.1.50")
However, not destroyed or broken up for parts; instead stored at Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire 1949-52. Presumably underwent a long-term rebuild as a New CofR (R.3523) was issued on 2.1.52. Registration G-AIDA restored 22.1.52 (C of R R.3523/3) to Leslie Wyndham Sanger, Wallington & William Alfred Webb, East Sheen, Surrey; operated by Airtrade, Croydon. C of A A3523 renewed 28.5.52. Registration G-AIDA cancelled/lapsed 1.4.52 and re-registered (C of R R.3523/4) 3.6.52 to W S Shackleton Ltd, Piccadilly, London W1. Registration G-AIDA cancelled 15.7.52 as 'sold abroad - Holland PH-UFF'.
Re-registered in the Netherlands as PH-UFF (C of R 306) 21.7.52 to NV Nationale Luchtvaarschool [NLS], Ypenburg.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when damaged in a storm while parked outdoors at Hilversum Airfield, Hilversum, Gooi region, Province of North Holland, on the night of 17/18.11.60. Registration PH-UFF cancelled 17.1.62 as "scrapped".
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIDA.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html
5. PH-UFF at Hilversum (EHHV) 8.6.57: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1750706
6. http://www.hdekker.info/registermap/MU.htm
7. http://oud16hoven.nl/gebeurtenissen/nationale-luchtvaart-school
8. https://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1960.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilversum_Airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Apr-2012 17:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2021 18:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 11-Jun-2022 05:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 13-Jun-2022 01:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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