ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65775
Last updated: 18 January 2021
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| Date: | 05-APR-1970 |
| Time: | 12:30pm |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Staffordshire Gliding Club |
| Registration: | G-AHUE |
| C/n / msn: | 84240 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Meir, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
Ex-RAF Tiger Moth T7868, First civil registered as G-AHUE 12/6/1946. Destroyed in mid air collision with glider at Meir near Stoke-on-Trent. The Tiger Moth was towing EoN 460 glider BGA1305. Both crews (one in the glider, one in the Tiger Moth) were killed.
Registration G-AHUE belatedly cancelled as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use" 27/2/1973
Sources:
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p842.htm
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AHUE-1.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AHUE-2.pdf
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Eon460.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2009 12:10 | VHKDK | Added |
| 01-May-2012 06:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2012 12:02 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 28-Nov-2018 14:29 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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