ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234525
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| Date: | Sunday 25 September 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Aircraft Establishment Aero Club |
| Registration: | G-AMCM |
| MSN: | 85295 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Long Sutton, near Somerton, 3 miles South of Odiham, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire (EGLF) |
| Somerton Airfield, East Cowes, Isle of Wight | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85295; Taken on charge as DE249 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 9.1.42. To 297 Squadron, RAF Netheravon 8.2.42. To 296 Squadron, RAF Netheravon 14.3.42. Unit redesignated Glider Pilots Exercise Unit 12.8.42. Crashed 24.4.43 [presumably at Netheravon]; to Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 19.4.43. To 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 24.6.43. To 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leicestershire 13.2.44. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard 11.4.47. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 24.11.47. To CS(A) (Controler Supplies (Air)) at A&AEE Boscombe Down, Wiltshire 16.12.48.
Struck off charge when sold 8.6.50 to RAE Flying Club. First civil registered (C of R R1467/1) on 14.12.50 as G AMCM to the Royal Aircraft Establishment Aero Club, Farnborough, Hampshire. (One and only owner). C of A 1647 issued 26.1.51
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25.9.55 when crashed on take off at Long Sutton, near Somerton, Hampshire. The mortal remains of G-AMCM were transported back to Farnborough and placed in storage in the aero club hangar by 1.56
The reported crash location of Long Sutton is a small village and civil parish in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. The village lies about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the town of Odiham at approximate coordinates 51°13′14.21″N, 0°56′34.33″W
As is the way with Tiger Moths, despite the Air Ministry recording G-AMCM as "permanently withdrawn from use" (it didn't do so until 8.4.59, four years later), it emerged from its slumbers, over thirty years later, and its registration was reinstated on 22.5.86 to Geoffrey Charles Masterton, Guildford (based Chessington).
Registraton G-AMCM restored 17.10.95 to Ben Charles Cooper, Janice Irene Cooper & Amelia Kate Cooper, Kintbury, Berskshire (based Denford Manor, Hungerford; and now registered with MSN 89259 in error]. Re registered 9.8.2000 to Amelia Kate Cooper & Janice Irene Cooper, Kintbury, Berkshire (on rebuild Denford Manor, Hungerford, Berskshire 10.2001). Re-registered 21.10.2014 to Janice Irene Cooper (only). Re-registered 23.8.2019 to Amelia Kate O’Brien (daughter of late Jan Cooper) & Keith Johnson O’Brien, Sydney, NSW, Australia. They were G-AMCM's sixth owners since its 1986 "resurrection"...although it has yet to acquire an Australian (VH-...) registration
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DE999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1987 p.10)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMCM.pdf
3. G-AMCM at Denham, Bucks 7-3-53; https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/5560622621/
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p852.html
5. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15925.0
6. http://milky01.co.uk/?page_id=30499
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
8. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-AMCM/945697
9. G-AMCM at Denham, Bucks 7.3.53: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1739301
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Sutton,_Hampshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2020 23:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 31-May-2020 17:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2020 19:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Oct-2021 22:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2021 22:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Oct-2021 22:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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