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Date: | Friday 3 August 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 1 ANS RAF |
Registration: | T5684 |
MSN: | 83399 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Hullavington, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire (EGDV) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83399 (built by Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford); Taken on charge as T5684 at 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 15.7.40. To 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 20.8.46. To 1 Air Navigation School, RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 21.12.50, coded “FFI-B"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3.8.51 when the aircraft stalled wilst upside-down and performing aerobatics over the airfield at RAF Hullavington, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. The aircraft hit the ground before recovery action could be taken. No reported injuries to the crew. Formally Struck off Charge 4.8.51
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.117 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-T9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.164
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Feb-2021 17:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
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06-Feb-2021 17:30 |
Vicktor |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
06-Oct-2021 18:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
08-Oct-2021 21:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |