ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245958
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| Date: | Monday 30 March 1964 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Centre Ecole Nationale de Vol a Voile asbl (CNVV) |
| Registration: | OO-EVH |
| MSN: | 85832 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport, Wevelgem, Belgium (EBKT) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 85832; Taken on charge by the RAF as DE972, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 20.1.43. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection 3.8.45. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 20.10.45. To Belgian Training School, RAF Snailwell 7.3.46.
Sold to Belgian Govt [later in 1946] and to Belgian Air Force as ETA-27 5.47; to T-27 in 6.47. Fitted with Gipsy Major #90100/A407487. Withdrawn from use early in 1957. Transferred 14.5.57 by Administration des Domaines [Ministry of Finance] to Centre Nationale de Vol a Voile (CNVV), Bruxelles. Re-registered as OO-EVH (CofR 1164) 14.12.57 to Centre Ecole National de Vol a Voile asbl (CNVV), St Hubert; opeerated by Zoute Aviation Club, Knokke-Zoute (loaned 1960 to Gent/St Denis-Westrem; loaned Moorsele 1962; to Wevelgem 1963).
Substantailly damaged is a Ground collision with Cessna 120 OO-ACE while taxying at Wevelgem 30.3.64; repaired and returned to service. (Flanders International Airport, Flanders Airport or Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport (IATA: KJK, ICAO: EBKT) is an airport located in the town of Wevelgem, West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium and partly also in the Bissegem section of the city of Kortrijk (2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 miles) west)
C of A lapsed 10.6.66 (though reported last flight as glider tug was at Zoute 22.1.67). Stored Wevelgem [2.67]. Registration OO-EVH cancelled 14.1.72. Stored at St Hubert [6.73]. To store with Musee Royal de l'Armee, Brussels [7.78]. Stored Tielen barracks in 1992; to Kapellen barracks (4.97); to Vissenaken barracks (between 3.2004 and 9.2008); fuselage to Landen barracks [4.2016].
Sources:
1. Royal AirForce Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p.18)
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p858.html
4. Tiger Moth OO-EVH at Wevelgem 19.5.63: http://www.asa-be.com/images/PhotoGallery_BCR2/OO-EAA/OO-EVH-3.jpg
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flanders_International_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2021 15:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 24-Dec-2021 00:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2022 12:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Nov-2022 01:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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