ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151391
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| Date: | Monday 23 April 1956 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn Marine Luchtvaartdienst (MLD) |
| Registration: | A-54 |
| MSN: | 85170 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Valkenburg NAS, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands (EHVB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85170; Taken on charge as T6961 at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 18.11.41. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 24.2.42. To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 3.10.45. To 47 MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 21.8.46 for packing and crating for overseas shipment.
Transferred to Royal Netherlands Air Force (KLu); shipped ex-Dagenham Docks to Rotterdam on the s.s 'Ponto' 12.2.47. Taken on charge by Royal Netherlands Air Force (Klu) as A-54 6.9.47. To 5 Sqn Marine Luchtvaartdienst (MLD) as VU-104 and crashed near Valkenburg NAS, Katwijk, Netherlands 23.4.56 following engine failure.
Recovered to Valkenburg 5.56 and struck off charge 1.6.56 for breaking up as spares. Blown over in gales while parked at Valkenburg 4.9.56 (unconfirmed) and struck off charge 4.9.56 as scrapped.
Sources:
1. Dutch Tiger Moths / Herman Dekker, 1986
2. De Tijd:godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad 24-04-1956
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p851.html
6. http://www.wings-aviation.ch/34-Nederland/2-Aircraft/DeHavilland/Tiger-Moth.htm
7. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/neth/mld/types/tiger_moth.htm
8. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=701:dehavilland-dh-82-tiger-moth-uk&catid=85&lang=en&Itemid=547&showall=1&limitstart=
9. https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-d/vliegtuigen-d-dehavil-dh82/1139-dehavilland-dh82-3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2012 12:21 | harro | Added |
| 24-Apr-2019 08:55 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 15-Dec-2020 13:27 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Dec-2020 13:27 | Cobar | Updated [Phase] |
| 30-Oct-2021 17:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Jun-2022 14:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Jun-2022 03:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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