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Date: | Friday 7 April 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 25 RFS RAF |
Registration: | T6703 |
MSN: | 85003 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Barton Airfield, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Barton Airfield, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester |
Destination airport: | Barton Airfield, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 85003; Taken on charge by the RAF as T6703 at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 22.9.41. To 17 EFTS RAF Westwood, Peterborough. Cambridgeshire 2.10.41. Crashed at 13:35 hours on 26.11.41 at Caudwell's Farm, Weston Marsh, Lincolnshire, and damaged the propeller in a forced landing. After reapirs, to 28 EFTS RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 19.5.42. To 25 RFS RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 26.6.47; operated by Manchester UAS.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7.4.50. Swung on attempted overshoot into rough ground and cartwheeled Barton Airfield, Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester. The aircraft was overshooting from an approach to Barton Airfield in gusty crosswind conditions when the pilot lost control, the aircraft's wingtip struck the ground, and the aircraft cartwheeled. The pilot - Pilot Officer A. J. Keane - sustained minor injuries
To 60 MU Shipton for disposal and Struck Off Charge as Cat.E(Scrap) 2.5.50.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.99 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1988 p.54)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.46
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p850.html 5.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1941-incident-logs 6.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Dec-2020 23:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
17-Dec-2020 10:09 |
Yarbi |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
27-Dec-2020 21:57 |
Investig |
Updated [Location, Operator] |
27-Sep-2021 23:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
28-Sep-2021 10:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |