ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204168
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 January 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 21 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | BB752 |
| MSN: | 3362 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Garston RLG, Watford, Hertfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| RAF Garston RLG, Watford, Hertfordshire |
First registered (C of R 6075) on 6.8.35 as G-ADLZ to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd., Hatfield, Hertfordshire (aircraft based at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire). C of A 4990 issued 16.8.35. G-ADLZ was initially operated by De Havilland Ltd., initially as the Reserve School, and later under the guise of 13 E&RFTS at White Waltham; on the outbreak of war (3.9.39) the unit was re-designated 13 EFTS
Registration G-ADLZ cancelled 30.10.40 when impressed into military service as BB752. Served with 13 EFTS at Hatfield, and RAF Peterborough, Westwood, Cambridgeshire from 12.40. To 21 EFTS, RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 1.6.41.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28.1.42 when stalled at an altitude of 30 feet on landing at RAF Garston RLG (Relief Landing Ground), Watford, Hertfordshire.Pilot - Leading Aircarftman K C Nash - survived but injured
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-ADLZ.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/11815: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17082565
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p033.html
8. https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/White-Waltham
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garston,_Hertfordshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2018 12:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Oct-2018 20:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-May-2019 23:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2019 16:26 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Aug-2021 18:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 11-Aug-2021 21:39 | BlBe | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 11-Mar-2022 15:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2022 15:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
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