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Date: | Monday 3 August 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | EVO Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
Registration: | A-25 |
MSN: | 83847 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gilze-Rijen AFB, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen Air Base, Noord Brabant, Netherlands (GLZ/EHGR) |
Destination airport: | Gilze-Rijen Air Base, Noord Brabant, Netherlands (GLZ/EHGR) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83847; Taken on charge as T7443, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 19.10.40. However, placed into long-term stroage in ‘purgatory’ at the Riding School, Walton Street, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford [undated, but probably August 1941] for erection. To 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 30.8.41. Crashed 6.9.41 at Fairoaks; the official file at the National Archives states "Under Training Pilot E R Chapman: injured; aircraft accident at Fairoaks Aerodrome, Surrey, Tiger Moth T7443, 18 Elementary Flying Training School, 6 September 1941" (see link #4]
To Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 15.9.41. To 46 MU RAF Lossiemouth 5.11.41 upon completion of repairs. To 11 EFTS, RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 15.2.42. To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 23.9.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge upon transfer to Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)) 23.8.46; despatched 26.8.46. To KLu at Woensdrecht and taken on charge as A-25. Damaged in a taxying accident at Woendrecht 29.3.47. Damaged in a starting accident at Woensdrecht 11.4.47. To Fokker 27.8.47 for major inspection; to Woensdrecht 15.12.47. To Fokker 19.3.49 for major inspection; returned to Woensdrecht 27.5.49. Damaged 18.7.51; to Avio-Diepen for repairs; to Woensdrecht 26.6.52. To Depot 2.3.53; to Gilze-Rijen AFB, Tilburg, Noord Brabant for gliding club 1.5.53.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing Gilze-Rijen AFB, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Netherlands, 3.8.53 when wing hit the ground on landing, and aircraft ground-looped off the runway. To Woensdrecht 14.8.53 and used as spares (for Tiger Moths A-12 & A-29). Struck off charge 25.11.55 and scrapped.
Sources:
1. Dutch Tiger Moths / Herman Dekker, 1986
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/8879:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924721 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p838.html 6.
https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-d/701-dehavilland-dh-82-tiger-moth-uk?start=2 7.
https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-d/vliegtuigen-d-dehavil-dh82 8. Accidents 29.3.47 and 11.4.47:
http://www.archivesportaleurope.net/ead-display/-/ead/pl/aicode/NL-HaNA/type/fa/id/2.13.165/unitid/2.13.165+-+1947 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilze-Rijen_Air_Base#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Dec-2012 12:17 |
harro |
Added |
03-Jun-2019 10:16 |
Cobar |
Updated [Narrative] |
07-Dec-2020 21:17 |
Cobar |
Updated [Operator] |
10-Oct-2021 19:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
10-Oct-2021 19:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
12-Jun-2022 23:28 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |