ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20016
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| Date: | Friday 4 September 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 21 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | L6943 |
| MSN: | 3566 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
de Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth MSN 3566 (Gipsy Major #8990): Taken on charge as L6943 at de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd/13 ERFTS, White Waltham in 1937. Unit renamed 13 EFTS upon outbreak of war 3.9.39. Overturned on landing White Waltham 23.3.40; to 4 MU Cowley for repairs 1.4.40; to 38 MU Llandow 30.6.40 after reapirs. To 17 EFTS North Luffenham 13.2.41. Crashed on forced landing practice John O'Gaunt Railway Siding 8.3.41; to DH for repairs 10.3.41. To 19 EFTS Sealand 31.3.41 after repairs. To 13 EFTS Peterborough 18.5.41. To 21 EFTS Booker 1.6.41
Written off when spun in after "go round" Booker Airfield, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 4.9.42 and destroyed by fire; Pilot killed.
Crew of Tiger Moth L6943:
Corporal P.E. BROWN (Service Number 2116272, aged 28), The Glider Pilot Regiment - killed in service 4.9.42.
Sources:
1. Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6488-Unaccounted-airmen-4-9-1942
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2695927/PERCY%20EDWARD%20BROWN/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2008 05:04 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Mar-2012 00:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2013 03:57 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2014 05:53 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Aug-2021 20:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2021 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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