ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182238
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 May 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Luftsportverein Oldenburg |
| Registration: | D-ECUP |
| MSN: | 82391 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Varelbusch Airport, Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Varelbusch Airport, Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany (VAC/EDWU) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82391 (Gipsy Major #82129); Taken on charge by the RAF as N9310 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 7.10.39. To 4 EFTS RAF Brough, East Yorkshire 24.9.40. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 8.8.45. To 19 RFS RAF Hooton Park, Wirral, Cheshire 13.7.50. To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 4.5.51. To 2 Grading Unit, RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire 11.8.52. Ferried to 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 9.3.53 for storage pending disposal.
Sold 2.9.53 to Transair Ltd. UK civil Registered as G-ANPN (C of R R4535/1) 20.4.54 to John Frank Morgan, Whitkirk, Leeds, West Yorkshire (aircraft based at Sherburn-in-Elmet). Registered owner's address changed to Sherburn-in-Elmet, aircraft regsitration card notes "amended 24.5.56". Overhauled at Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire and C of A issued 17.5.54. UK Registration G-ANPN cancelled 6.6.56 as 'sold in Germany - D-ECUP'.
Re-registered in West Germany as D-ECUP [allotted 8.55 & ferry permit issued 31.5.56] 18.6.56 to Luftsportverein Oldenburg, Oldenburg. Badly damaged taxying Varelbusch Airport, Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany 3.3.57; repaired and returned to service.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off Varelbusch Airport, Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany 28.5.58; one of the two persons on board was killed. Registration D-ECUP cancelled 11.6.58.
Varrelbusch Airport (IATA: VAC, ICAO: EDWU) is a regional airport at Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany, at approximate coordiantes 52°54′30″N, 8°2′35″E. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled. During World War II, the airport was used by the British Royal Air Force as ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) B-113 Varrelbusch Airport.
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANPN.pdf
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p823.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varrelbusch_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2015 20:08 | TB | Added |
| 24-Sep-2021 15:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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