ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63123
Last updated: 19 July 2020
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| Date: | 21-JUL-1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Waveney Flying Group |
| Registration: | G-APVP |
| C/n / msn: | 85758 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Dulles Farm, Ellingham, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Seething, Norfolk (EGSJ) |
Ex-RAF Tiger Moth DE873, delivered 16.1.42. Struck off charge 6.11.53 upon sale to A.J. Whittlemore (Aeradio) Ltd, Croydon. Not converted for civil use immediately; stored at Croydon until sold 29.7.59 to Rollason Aircraft & Engines Ltd., Croydon and civil registered as G-APVP.
C of A issued 3.9.59 and sold 7.9.59 to Norwich & Norfolk Aero Club Ltd., RAF Swanton Morley; re-registered to them 15.9.59. Sold again 30.3.63 and re-registered 4.4.63 to James William Hoseason & William Thomas Wix t/a Waveney Flying Group, Seething, Norfolk.
Written (damaged beyond repair) when crashed and burnt out on hitting overhead HT cables at Dulles Farm, Ellingham, Norfolk on 21.7.68; pilot killed. Registration G-APVP cancelled same day as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APVP-1.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APVP-2.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1055451/
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p857.html
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm
6. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1968/1968
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 29-May-2014 23:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2014 23:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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