ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245995
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 November 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Ministere des Communications, Ecole de l’Aviation Civi |
| Registration: | OO-SOI |
| MSN: | 83728 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Anderlecht, Brussels -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Grimbergen, Belgium |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 83728. Taken on charge as T7238 at 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire 15.8.40. To 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Birmingham 4.9.40. Crashed 23.2.43; to W Mumford for repairs 5.3.43. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 7.5.43. To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire 2.11.44. To 29 EFTS Clyffe Pypard 2.6.45. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 3.8.45 for storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 30.3.51 to Short Bros & Harland Ltd, Rochester, Kent. Registered as G-AMJD (C of R R3242) 9.4.51 to Short Bros & Harland Ltd, Rochester; extant at Rochester in 7.51. Note that the Air Mininstry Aircraft record card gives the former RAF serial number T7238 as the MSN in place of the official MSN 83728. Cancelled/sold 25.3.52 but not re-registered (Possibly sale fell through?). Re-registered 1.10.52 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon. C of A issued 7.11.52. Registration cancelled 11.11.52 as 'sold to Belgium'.
Re-registered as OO-SOI [C of R 901] 9.12.52 to SABENA, Grimbergen. Re-registered 2.1.53 to Ministere des Communications, Ecole de l’Aviation Civile, Grimbergen. Damaged in forced landing Anderlecht 10.11.54; repaired & reflown 28.2.55; transferred to St Hubert 5.60. C of A lapsed 6.11.68. Registration cancelled 23.12.71; stored Grimbergen [recorded as present in 7.72 and again in 8.74]. Transferred to Musee Royal de l'Armee, Brussels 7.1.75 & refurbished for display in Belgian AF c/s as "T-24" with code "UR-1". Transferred 6.5.06 to Lallemant ‘Memorial Spitfire’ Museum, Florennes. Being refurbished [2016]
Sources:
1. AAIU Belgium
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMJD.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p837.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2021 18:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 07-Nov-2022 19:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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