Incident de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth D-EJOM,
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Date:Sunday 30 March 1958
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:Breisgau-Motorflug GmbH
Registration: D-EJOM
MSN: 84717
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Flugplatz Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg -   Germany
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Banner and glider towing
Departure airport:Flugplatz Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany (EDTF)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84717: Taken on charge as T6302 at RAF Newton, Notinghamshire 17.6.41. To 17 EFTS Peterborough 13.9.41. To 15 EFTS Carlisle 31.5.42, coded "8". To 38 MU Llandow, Glamorgan 30.7.45. Struck of charge when sold 26.8.46 to Herts & Essex Aviation Ltd, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire

Civil registered as G-AIDT (C of R 10589) 22.8.46 to Herts & Essex Aero Club (1946) Ltd, Broxbourne, Herfordshire (later Stapleford, Essex). C of A 8420 issued 22.1.47. Damaged (with several others) in a hangar fire at Broxbourne 23.6.47; repaired. Damaged in ground collision with Auster J/1 G-AIZV at Broxbourne 2.8.48; repaired. New C of R No.R221 issued 1950. Crashed on take-off at Stapleford, Essex 23.9.54; later rebuilt.

Registration cancelled 9.10.57 as 'sold to Germany; as D-EJOM (having been traded for DH Hornet Moth G-ADSK). Registration D-EJOM reserved 13.8.57 by [& permit issued 7.10.57 to] Fritz Morat, Freiburg. Re-registered 11.12.57 to Breisgau-Motorflug GmbH, Freiburg.

Written off (destroyedd) when spun into the ground and crashed at Flugplatz Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany 30.3.58. Registration D-EJOM cancelled 5.5.58.

Sources:

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIDT.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p847.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiburg_Airport

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Dec-2015 17:51 TB Added
23-Sep-2021 22:24 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
23-Sep-2021 22:29 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
24-Nov-2021 13:28 Dr. John Smith Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Apr-2022 20:52 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
21-Jun-2022 00:09 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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