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Date: | Thursday 30 November 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | EVO Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
Registration: | A-35 |
MSN: | 82857 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Woensdrecht Air Base, Woendrect, Netherlands (WOE/EHWO) |
Destination airport: | Woensdrecht Air Base, Woendrect, Netherlands (WOE/EHWO) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82857 (Gipsy Major #82699); Taken on charge as R4949 at 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Market Drayton, Shropshire 9.3.40. To 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Birmingham 13.5.41. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Stafforshire 25.1.46 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Sold to Netherlands Air Force Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) 22.7.46; delivered 14.8.46 to Woensdrecht and taken on charge as A-35. Damaged in accident 14.7.47; repaired. To Fokker for major inspection 25.11.47; returned to Woensdrecht 10.3.48. To Fokker for major inspection 9.3.49; returned to Woensdrecht 5.4.49.
Written off (damaged bewyond repair) when crashed in an emergency landing near Ossendrecht, Noord Brabant 30.11.50; pilots Eijsden & Huynen survived with injuries. Struck off charge 15.1.51. Wreckage to CWII, Delft 17.1.51 as scrap.
The reported crash location of Ossendrecht is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Woensdrecht, about 12 km southeast of Bergen op Zoom, at approximate coordinates 51°23′38″N, 4°19′40″E
Sources:
1. Dutch Tiger Moths / Herman Dekker, 1986
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1980)
3.
http://www.gahetna.nl/archievenoverzicht/pdf/NL-HaNA_2.13.165.ead.pdf#page255 4.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p828.html 6.
https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-d/701-dehavilland-dh-82-tiger-moth-uk?start=2 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Dec-2012 12:12 |
harro |
Added |
25-Apr-2019 13:13 |
Cobar |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Dec-2020 10:10 |
Cobar |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
30-Sep-2021 23:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
12-Jun-2022 23:22 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |