Date:	Tuesday 29 June 1948
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Tamworth Aero Club
Registration:	VH-AFM
MSN:	DHA.447/T219
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Werris Creek Road, near Warral, 7 miles from Tamworth, NSW -   Australia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Tamworth Airport, Tamworth, NSW (TMW/YSTW)
Destination airport:	Tamworth Airport, Tamworth, NSW (TMW/YSTW)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-AFM, Tamworth Aero Club, Tamworth, NSW (on loan). Written off (damaged beyond repair) when badly damaged in forced landing at Werris Creek Road, near Warral, 7 miles from Tamworth, NSW 29.6.48. As reported at the time in a contemporary local newspaper (Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (Newcastle NSW) Wednesday 30 June 1948 Page 1):

"Tiger Moth Damaged in Forced Landing:
TAMWORTH, Tuesday.
A Tamworth Aero Club Tiger Moth training machine was badly damaged this afternoon in a forced landing in a wheat paddock seven miles from Tamworth. The pilot and passenger were unhurt.

The plane landed on the crest of a ridge and turned upside down when it ran downhill. The fuselage was wrecked, the wings and rudder badly buckled and the propeller smashed."

Registration VH-AFM cancelled 11.5.51.

Warral is a small locality south of Tamworth in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Werris Creek Road and the Main North railway line.

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (Newcastle NSW) Wednesday 30 June 1948 Page 1: Tiger Moth Damaged in Forced Landing: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134319819
3. The Canberra Times (Canberra ACT) Wednesday 30 June 1948 Page 1 PLANE CRASH: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2753177
4. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/9349:vh-afm-2
5. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa/VH-AFM%282%29.html
6. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17b.htm
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus4.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warral,_New_South_Wales
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamworth_Regional_Airport

c/no. DHA.447: Taken on charge as A17-403 at 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW 21.6.41. To 10 EFTS RAAF Temora, NSW 11.8.41. To De Havilland Australia at Mascot, Sydney, NSW 17.8.43 for overhaul. Upon completion delivered to 2 Aircraft Park 16.10.43. To 5 EFTS RAAF Narromine, NSW 19.10.43. Stalled and crashed No.1 Low Flying Area, Narromine, NSW 3.2.44; Instructor Pilot Flight Sergeant J L Tesge killed, pupil pilot under instruction injured. To De Havilland Australia at Mascot, Sydney, NSW 17.2.44 for repairs (DHA No T219). To 5 Aircraft Depot RAAF Wagga Wagga, NSW 3.5.44 for storage. To RAAF Tamworth, NSW 27.11.44 for further storage. Transferred to Care & Maintenance Unit, RAAF Tamworth, NSW 12.12.44 for long-term storage pending disposal; put up for sale 15.11.45.

Struck off charge when sold 27.11.45 for £250 to Newcastle Aero Club, Broadmeadow, NSW; issued to them 12.12.45. Registered VH-AFM (C of R 896) 28.2.46 to Newcastle Aero Club, Broadmeadow, NSW. Loaned to Tamworth Aero Club, Tamworth, NSW.

Badly damaged in forced landing Werris Creek Road, near Warral, 7 miles from Tamworth, NSW 29.6.48 as per the above. Registration VH-AFM cancelled 11.5.51.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-May-2025 01:58	Dr. John Smith	Added