ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66084
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| Date: | Friday 10 February 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Crop Culture (Aerial) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AKXD |
| MSN: | 84136 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wyberton Airfield, Boston, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Wyberton Airfield, Boston, Lincolnshire |
| Wyberton Airfield, Boston, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84136; Taken on charge by the RAF as T7749, nominally to 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 14.1.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Coxeters Garage, Park End Street, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably October 1941]. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 7.11.41. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard 22.3.43. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 26.11.47 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Sold 8.4.48 to Aircraft & Engineering Services Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK civil registered as G-AKXD (CofR 12289/1) 10.4.48 to Surrey Financial Trust Ltd, Croydon. Registration cancelled/lapsed 21.4.48 and re-registered (C of R 12289/2) on 23.4.48 to Aircraft & Engineering Services Ltd, Croydon. C of A 10150 issued 6.7.48. Registration cancelled/lapsed 18.8.48 and re-registered (C of R 12289/3) 3.9.48 to Lorel Engineering Co Ltd, Ferrybridge, Yorkshire.
Registration cancelled/lapsed 22.10.48 and re-registered (C of R 12289/4) on 24.11.48 to Mrs Lorna K King, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed 7.8.50 and re-registered (C of R 122892/5) 8.8.50 to Ronald Henry Braime & Arnold George Wilson, t/a Yorkshire Aeroplane Club, Sherburn-in-Elmet. Registration cancelled/lapsed 20.5.58 and re-registered (C of R R.356/6) on 22.5.58 to Crop Culture (Aerial) Ltd, Bembridge, Isle of Wight (and converted to crop sprayer at Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire in 5.58).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into ditch on landing at Wyberton Airfield, Boston, Lincolnshire on 10.2.60. This accident was the second loss of a Tiger Moth by Crop Culture (Aerial) Ltd in three days, at the same airfield, following on from the loss of Tiger Moth G-ANCT, also at Wyberton Airfield on 7.2.61 (which see)
Registration G-AKXD cancelled 12.5.61 as 'reduced to scrap'
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKXD-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKXD-2.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p841.html
6. Tiger Moth G-AKXD at Stapleford, Essex (EGSG) 2.9.59: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/115684/G-AKXD
7. Tiger Moth G-AKXD various photos 1959-60: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AKXD
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyberton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2009 23:29 | VHKDK | Added |
| 26-Apr-2012 05:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2021 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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