Incident de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth S-1,
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Date:Monday 19 August 1935
Time:noon
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:Haerens Flyveskole, Flyvevåbnet
Registration: S-1
MSN: 3170
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Øresund between Amager and Kobenhagen -   Denmark
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Vaerlose, Denmark
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 3170 (Gipsy Major #5056) C of A 3765 issued 13.2.33 to Haerens Flyvertropper (Royal Danish Air Force). To RDAF as S-358 with Haerens Flyveskole, Vaerlose, renumbered S-1 late 1933.

Written off (destroyed) 19.8.35 when crashed into the Øresund between Amager and Kobenhagen. Pilot C.C. Larsen bailed out and rescued by Lufthansa flying boat "William Langanke" (Oslo-Kobenhagen). The Tiger Moth sank into the Øresund and was not recovered. Formally Struck Off Charge 14.12.35.

Øresund or Öresund, commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden).

Sources:

1. Limburgsch dagblad 20 August 1935, p7
2. Jenaer Volksblatt 20 August 1935
3. http://www.milfly.dk/pdf/hf.pdf
4. http://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/history%20acft%20dk.pdf
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p031.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98resund

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Jan-2016 08:21 JINX Added
06-Jan-2016 16:52 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
06-Jan-2016 20:24 TB Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
14-Jan-2016 16:00 TB Updated [Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2016 12:40 Dr.John Smith Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]
02-Aug-2016 12:41 Dr.John Smith Updated [Source]
19-Sep-2017 17:57 TB Updated [Narrative]
24-Mar-2020 19:08 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-Jul-2021 13:48 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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