ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238718
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| Date: | Friday 14 April 1950 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | W.S.Shackleton Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHDG |
| MSN: | 85213 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tit-Mellil, 16km SE of Casablanca, Médiouna Province -
 Morocco
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tit-Mellil aerodrome, Casablanca, Morroco |
| Safi Airport, Safi, Morocco (SFI/GMMS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85213; Taken on charge as DE143 at 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 5.12.41. To 10 EFTS RAF Stoke Orchard 11.2.42. To 3 EFTS RAF Shellingford 9.7.42; coded “68”. Crashed 8.10.45; repaired and to 9 MU Cosford [undated, but presumed November or December 1945].
Struck off charge when sold off and UK civil registered as G-AHDG (C of R 9956/C of A 7514) on 27.2.46 to Hunting Flying Club Ltd., Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire.(Note; originally registered in error as G-AHDE and similarly acquired Tiger Moth EM919 was registered as G-AHDG; errors noted and register rectified 18.6.47). Sold on 16.5.49 and re-registered (C of R 9956/2) to W.S. Shackleton Ltd., Piccadilly, London W.1.
UK registration cancelled 1.4.1950 as "sold abroad" (presumably to France or Morocco). It was on delivery to Aero Club de Safi, and may have been allotted the French/Moroccan registration F-OAGE. However, not delivered, and French/Moroccan registration not taken up, as crashed 14.4.50 on take off at Tit-Mellil, Morocco during delivery flight to Safi, Morrocco
The reported crash location of Tit Mellil is a town and municipality in Médiouna Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. It is also a south-eastern suburb of the city of Casablanca. It lies along National Route 9, 16.1 kilometres by road, southeast of downtown Casablanca.
Sources:
1. L'Echo d'Oran 17 April 1950
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p.9)
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHDG.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p852.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_Mellil
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2020 14:29 | TB | Added |
| 28-Jul-2020 18:55 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 22-Dec-2020 19:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2021 23:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-Sep-2021 23:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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