ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246089
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| Date: | Monday 22 March 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Ministere des Communications, Ecole de l’Aviation Civi |
| Registration: | OO-SOG |
| MSN: | 86411 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Knokke-Zoute Airfield, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Grimbergen Airfield, Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (EBGB) |
| Knokke-Zoute Airfield, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN86411; Taken on charge by the RAF as NL979 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minichinhampton, Gloucestershire 30.12.43. To 28 EFTS RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 20.9.44. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Glopucestershire 24.7.46. Transferred to Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm charge at HMS Condor, RNAS Arbroath 2.10.46. To HMS Heron, RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset 30.4.48. To HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Warrington, Cheshire.
Sold ex RNAS Stretton to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon. UK civil regsitered as G-AMRH (C of R R3603) 24.3.52 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. C of A issued 18.4.52. Registration G-AMRH cancelled 18.4.52 as 'sold to Belgium'.
Registered in Belgium as OO-SOG (C of R 890) 12.5.52 to SABENA, Grimbergen. Registered on 2.1.53 to Ministere des Communications, Ecole de l’Aviation Civile, Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing at Knokke-Zoute Airfield, 5 km east of Knokke-Heist, West Flanders 22.3.54. Registration OO-SOG cancelled 28.6.54.
Replaced as OO-SOG by another Tiger Moth (MSN 83097, ex-RAF R5328 and G-ANRZ).
Sources:
1. AAIU Belgium
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMRH.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p864.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. Tiger Moth OO-SOG at Croydon in 1954: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/OO-SOG [photos]
6. https://aflyinghistory.com/search-aeroplane-photographs?query=OO-SOG
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimbergen_Airfield
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knokke-Zoute_Airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2021 21:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-Jun-2022 23:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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