ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203963
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 May 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 13 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | BB733 |
| MSN: | 3373 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sandridge, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Peterborough, Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| Hatfield airfield, Hertfordshire |
First registered (C of R 5898) on 8.8.35 as G-ADHT to the de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield, Hertfordshire (aircraft based at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire), C of A 509 issued 3.9.35. Retained by De Havilland at Hatfield operated by the De Havilland Flying School/1 E&RFTS. Renamed 1 EFTS upon outbreak of war on 3.9.39, and continued in service as G-ADHT until impressed into military service on 30.10.40 as BB731. Civil registration G-ADHT cancelled 30.10.40.
Issued to 13 EFTS, based at White Waltham, near Maidenhead, Berkshire. On 20.12.40 it moved with the unit to RAF Peterborough, Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Moved back to 1 EFTS Hatfield by 11.3.41 (see link #7)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13.5.41 when pilot lost control and aircraft crashed at Sandridge, near St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Of the two crew Sergeant J G Vaughan-Jones (instructor pilot) and Leading Aircraftman N Butler (pupil pilot under training) survived, but were injured
To Lundy & Atlantic Coast for survey pending repairs 16.5.41. Not repaired and struck off charge 5.6.41 as Cat.E(FA)
Sandridge is a village and civil parish between St Albans and Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire, England.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft BA100-BZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1986 p 18)
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADHT.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p033.html
6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/6407: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16755705
7. https://masterbombercraig.wordpress.com/w-c-ajl-craig/aircraft-flown-1941/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandridge
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2018 16:24 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Oct-2018 20:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-May-2019 21:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2019 21:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 30-May-2019 16:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 30-May-2019 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2021 18:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Aug-2021 19:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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