ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 104426
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| Date: | Sunday 24 October 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 311th Ferry Sqn USAAF |
| Registration: | DE932 |
| MSN: | 85803 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warton, Lancashire (EGNO) |
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 85803. Taken on charge as DE932 at 39 MU RAF Colerne 14.7.42. To HQ 8th Army AF, USAAC 12.10.42; operated from RAF Membury. Damaged in Accident RAF Aldermaston, Berkshire 18.10.42; repaired ansd returned to service. To RAF Warton, Lancashire [USAAF Base 582] [by 8.43]. Taxying accident Squires Gate 16.8.43; repaired and returned to service. To 311th Ferry Squadron, USAAF.
Written off in a forced landing at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, due to fuel exhaustion. According to one published account (see link #2): "October 24, 1943, Tiger Moth II DE932 ran out of gas on a local transition flight after a delayed takeoff. A/C carried RAF roundels. Pilot Lt Frank A Forsyth, and Garfield H Severson uninjured"
Sources:
1. https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Oct1943O.htm
2. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/73163
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p858.html
4. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/20253
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=169633
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=DE932
7. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/History/Accidents.htm
8. http://www.8thafhs.com/search.php
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton-on-Tees
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2012 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2012 07:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 28-Jun-2013 08:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Sep-2016 21:18 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2021 18:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 20-Aug-2021 18:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Aug-2021 18:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Aug-2021 10:28 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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