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Date: | Wednesday 29 March 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | London UAS RAF |
Registration: | EM925 |
MSN: | 86119 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ascot, Berkshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 86119; Built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge by the RAF as EM925 at 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 27.5.43. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard 3.6.43. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 26.8.46. To 22 RFS RAF Teversham Cambridge 26.6.47. To 18 RFS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 16.12.47; operated by London UAS, coded "FLO-C", later “RUL-C”
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29 March 1950: Lost propeller in flight and wrecked in a forced landing near Ascot, Berkshire. No reported injuries to the crew.
To 49 MU RAF Faygate, Horsham. West Sussex 30.3.50 and struck off charge as Cat.E(scrap).
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1988 p.61)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.29
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p861.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Dec-2020 20:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
16-Dec-2020 21:15 |
Lelek |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
27-Sep-2021 23:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
28-Sep-2021 10:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |