ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182257
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| Date: | Sunday 1 December 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | G Meckelhott & K Tenhaken |
| Registration: | D-EMEC |
| MSN: | 84185 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Wesel, West Germany |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84185: Taken on charge as T7807 nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 20.1.41. Placed into long term stroage in ‘purgatory’ at Archer Cowley Ltd, Park End Street, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley for erection 13.7.41. To 20 EFTS RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire 23.7.41. To 29 EFTS Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire 22.2.42. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Wiltshire 30.7.45. Struck off charge when sold 6.11.53 to A J Whittemore [Aeradio] Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey.
Civil registered G-AOFP (C of R R5128/1) 18.10.55 to Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd, Thruxton. C of A issued 28.5.56. Registration cancelled 20.9.56 and re-registered (C of R R5128/2) on 11.10.56 to Flt Lt William Denys Rutherford Lamb, London SW3, operated by No.80 Squadron Flying Club, Wesel, Germany. Registration G-AOFP cancelled 1.9.57 as "sold Germany as D-EMEC".
Re-registered in West Germany as D-EMEC [allotted 7.8.57] 28.11.57 to G Meckelhott & K Tenhaken, Wesel.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled and crashed while towing glider at Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia,1.12.57. Registration D-EMEC cancelled 6.12.57.
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p841.html
3. https://dunxc2.wixsite.com/pypard/aircraft-listing
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOFP.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesel#Transport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2015 16:59 | TB | Added |
| 23-Sep-2021 16:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Sep-2021 16:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Apr-2022 18:05 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 20-Jun-2022 23:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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