ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122241
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 December 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Swedish Aero Club (KSAK) |
| Registration: | SE-COT |
| MSN: | 83038 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ålleberg Airport, Ålleberg, Västra Götalands län -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Ålleberg Airport, Ålleberg, Västra Götalands län (EGSC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 83038 (Gipsy Major #82859); Taken on charge by the RAF as R5176 at 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 13.4.40. To 9 EFTS RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire 17.11.40. To Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 29.4.43; to 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 25.6.43. To Air Transport Auxiliary, White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 3.9.43. Returened to 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 11.12.44. To 25 EFTS RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire 17.4.45. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 21.12.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 11.2.49 to Short Bros Ltd, Rochester. UK civil registered as G-ALFG (CofR 12491/1) 4.4.49 to Short Bros & Harland Ltd, Rochester. CofA 10519 issued 1.3.50. Registration cancelled/lapsed 6.3.50 and re-registered (C of R 12491/2, later R1988/2) on 30.5.50 to Major Generall John Edward Chalmers McCandlish & Major Ian Hallam Lyall Grant, t/a Royal Engineers Flying Club, Rochester, Kent. New C of R R1988 issued 30.5.50. Registration Nominally cancelled 3.7.51 and re-registered (C of R 1988/3) on 26.7.51 to Major Ian Hallam Lyall Grant & Major Lionel Gordon Sherriff Thomas (change of one of the owners). Registration Nominally cancelled 1.4.53 and re-registered (C of R R1988/4) on 23.4.53 to Major Basil Philip Waterlow Clapin. Regsitration cancelled/lapsed 10.9.55 and re-registered (C of R R1988/5) on 1.11.55 to North Downs Gliding Trust Ltd, Lasham, Alton, Hampshire. Registration G-ALFG cancelled 20.11.60 as 'sold to Sweden'.
Re-registered in Sweden as SE-COT 19.5.61 to Kungl Svenska Aeroklubben, (Royal Swedish Aero Club) Stockholm. Based at Alleberg, and used as a glider tug. CofA lapsed 19.12.61, probably after crash at Ålleberg Airport, Ålleberg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, at an unknown date in late 1961 while engaged in a glider towing sortie. Registration SE-COT cancelled 22.2.65. as "Not airworthy for more than three years" (="Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALFG-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALFG-2.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p830.html
5. http://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5163
6. https://lae.blogg.se/2021/november/tiger-moth-se-cot-2.html
7. http://www.gcmap.com/airport/ESGC
8. https://mapcarta.com/N1042034095
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2011 06:04 | Masen63 | Added |
| 25-Apr-2012 18:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2012 17:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2016 21:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2021 17:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 17-Dec-2021 18:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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