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Date: | Wednesday 11 April 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 25 RFS RAF |
Registration: | DE568 |
MSN: | 85535 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Badger Heath Farm, near Ackleton, Shropshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire (EGOE) |
Destination airport: | RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85535; Taken on charge as DE568 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenedham, Wiltshire 23.3.42. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 21.6.42. Crashed [presumed at Booker] 11.4.44; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 19.4.44. To 39 MU RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 15.5.44 upon completion of repairs. To 25 RFS RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 18.11.49, coded “RCW-J”.
Written off (destroyed) 11.4.51 when the aircraft flew into over HT Power lines while on a low flying training sortie at Badger Heath Farm, near Ackleton, Shropshire. No reported injuries to the crew
The reported crash location of Badger is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about six miles north-east of Bridgnorth. Badger Parish is at grid map reference SO 768 995 [approximate coordinates 52°35′31.2″N, 2°20′31.2″ W]. The boundaries of the parish contain the village of Badger, one side of Badger Dingle, and Badger Heath Farm. It is approximately 2.7 km at its widest point.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.112 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.127
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p855.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger,_Shropshire Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jan-2021 00:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
19-Jan-2021 10:54 |
Dr.Roup |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
03-Oct-2021 22:39 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
03-Oct-2021 22:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
04-Oct-2021 09:15 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |