ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182414
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| Date: | Saturday 12 October 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Dr F Schulz |
| Registration: | D-EGUR |
| MSN: | 82322 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | JadeWeser Airport, Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, West Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | JadeWeser Airport, Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, West Germany (EDWI) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82322 (Gipsy Major #82047); Taken on charge as N9205 at 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 13.9.39. To 81 Squadron, Amiens/Montjoie, France 4.5.40; returned to UK 6.40. To 1 School of Technical Training, RAF Halton, Wendover, Buckinghamnshire [by 31.12.41]. To 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 30.1.42. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 1.10.42, but returned to 15 MU RAF Wroughton 3.10.42. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard 22.3.43. To 11 EFTS RAF Perth/Scone, Perthsire 27.8.46. To 11 RFS RAF Perth/Scone 26.6.47; operated by Glasgow UAS coded "RUG-D" and also by St Andrews UAS, coded "RUS-C". To RAF Binbrook Station Flight, Binbrook, Lincolnshire 19.1.51. Crashed on landing RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire 6.8.53; deemed damaged beyond economic repair. Struck off Charge as Cat.5(c) by 34 MU RAF Monkmoor 13.8.53.
Presumed sold as spares and components; later UK civilian registered as G-ANPM (C of R R4534) 20.4.54 to John Frank Morgan, Whitkirk, Leeds, West Yorkshire (aircraft based at Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire). Overhauled/rebuilt at Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire and C of A issued 7.5.54. Registration G-ANPM cancelled 29.9.56 as 'sold to Germany - D-EGUR'.
West German Registration D-EGUR allotted 27.7.56 to Greif-Flugzeugbau, Rendsburg. Re-registered on 14.11.56 to K.H. Pauli, Rendsburg. Re-registered in 6.57 to Dr F Schulz, Wilhelmshaven.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed following engine failure on take-off at JadeWeser Airport, Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, West Germany 12.10.57 and destroyed by fire. Registration D-EGUR cancelled 15.10.57.
The reported crash location of JadeWeser Airport (IATA: WVN, ICAO: EDWI) is an minor unscheduled airport near Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany, at approximate coordinates 53°30′11″N, 8°3′10″E.
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANPM.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/JadeWeser_Airport
5. https://www.edwi.info/flugplatz/geografische-lage.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2015 18:42 | TB | Added |
| 22-Sep-2021 18:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Sep-2021 18:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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