ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245959
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| Date: | Sunday 7 August 1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Club de Vol a Voile le Milan |
| Registration: | OO-EVP |
| MSN: | 86515 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Tirlemont (Tienen), Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Goetsenhoven Airfield, Belgium (EBTN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 86515; Taken on charge by the RAF as NM207, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 3.3.44. However, placed into long-term storage locally in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxford area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection 22.8.45. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 26.9.45. To Belgian Training School, RAF Snailwell 7.3.46.
Delivered to Schaffen/Diest later in 1946. Struck off Charge upon sale to the Belgian Government in 1946] and delivered to the Belgian Air Force as ETA-21 5.47; reserialled T-21 6.47. Transferred 14.5.57 by Administration des Domaines [Ministry of Finance] to Centre Nationale de Vol a Voile (CNVV), Bruxelles. Civilian regsitered as OO-EVP (C of R 1174) 7.2.58 to Centre Ecole National de Vol a Voile asbl (CNVV), St Hubert, Belgium; (registered with frame no 4592 - probably a reference to Morris Motors build number). Operated by Club de Vol a Voile le Milan asbl, Goetsenhoven/Gossoncourt.
Crashed Tirlemont [Tienen] Belgium 7.8.60; repaired and returned to service. [Tienen is a city and municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises Tienen itself and the towns of Bost, Goetsenhoven, Hakendover, Kumtich, Oorbeek, Oplinter, Sint-Margriete-Houtem and Vissenaken. Note that the location is known as Tirlemont to French speakers, but Tienen to Flemish speakers]
Crashed Goetsenhoven 8.10.72. Stored in damaged condition at Gossoncourt [by 8.75]. To store in Musee de l'Armee, Brussels [by 8.78]. Belgian registration OO-EVP cancelled 7.12.76.
Sold to Geert E Frank, East Kingston, New Hampshire, USA (in exchange for a Westland Lysander and a Bristol Bolingbroke (=Canadian Built Blenheim Mk.IV). Sold 25.2.80 and US registered as N3744M 13.3.80 to Allen R Rohrstaff, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Sold 31.8.80 (Bill of Sale dated 15.10.80) to Richard Delafield & Thomas Sumner, Seattle, Washington.
Crashed on ferry flight 21.10.80; remains roaded to Seattle and rebuilt by Thomas Sumner between 1981 & 1983. C of A issued 18.3.83. Registered 16.5.83 to Thomas Sumner & Richard Delafield, t/a Roundels, Seattle (although Reichard Delafield had transferred his interest to Thomas Sumner 21.3.83). Sold 29.6.88 & re-registered 10.1.89 to Garold W ‘Gary’ Thompson, Racine, Wisconsin. Sold 1992 (but not re-registered) to (his son) Timothy Thompson. Sold 10.5.94 & re-registered 20.7.94 to Raymond Burnell ‘Randy’ Phillips, Tampa, Florida; later Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota in January 2001 (based Saint Paul, Minnesota). Withdrawn from use in 1998 for rebuild and reflown 18.5.01 at Flemming Field, Minneapolis. Sold 15.8.2011 & re-registered 27.10.2011 to Lakhbir S Randhawa, Saline, Michigan. Currently registered until 31.10.2023
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p865.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3744M
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goetsenhoven_Airfield#Postwar_use
6. https://www.dewouw.net/cumulus/Cumulus%202103%20maart%202021.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2021 16:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Dec-2021 22:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Jun-2022 20:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Nov-2022 06:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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