ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204884
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| Date: | Friday 22 August 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 7 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | BB866 |
| MSN: | 3491 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Braunstone, Leicestershire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
First registered [C of R 6727] on 21.2.36 as G-AECJ to Reid & Sigrist Ltd., New Malden, Surrey (aircraft based at Desford, Leicestershire). One of a batch of four Tiger Moths (G-AECG to G-AECJ) all registered to Reid & Sigrist on this date. C of A 5335 issued 24.3.36. Operated by 7 E&RFTS at RAF Desford, Leicestershire. Unite renamed 7 EFTS after the outbreak of war on 3.9.39
Civil registration G-AECJ was cancelled with effect from 3.1.41, when impressed into military service as BB865. Aircraft remained with 7 EFTS.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22.8.41 when went out of control and spun into the ground at Braunstone, Leicestershire. Pilot Under Training, Corporal L S Foden, injured
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft BA100-BZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1986 p 19)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/8507: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924349
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AECI.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A8.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p034.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3531-410822-Unaccounted-airmen-22-8-1941&p=19112#post19112
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braunstone_Town
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2018 19:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Jan-2018 19:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 30-May-2019 21:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2019 07:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 08-Aug-2021 19:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 09-Aug-2021 08:22 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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