Date:	Monday 4 February 1946
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	2 FP (Ferry Pool) RAF
Registration:	DE834
MSN:	85732
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ellesmere Port, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Sealand, North Shotwick, Near Queensferry, Flintshire

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, MSN 85732: Taken on charge as DE834 nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 23.10.42; however, stored locally in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxford area. Returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection 25.5.44. To 8 MU Little Rissington 5.8.45. Issued to 2 Ferry Pool, RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4.2.46 when wrecked in a forced landing at Ellesmere Port, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire. The Tiger Moth was en-route to RAF Sealand, North Shotwick, Near Queensferry, Flintshire. The pilot set up for a forced landing into a football field at Ellesmere Port, but the Tiger Moth struck a hut on the edge of the field, and was wrecked. The pilot is believed to have escaped serious injury. Formally Struck Off Charge as Cat. E(FA) 28.2.46.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.29 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.58
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.95: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p857.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellesmere_Port
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hooton_Park
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ferry_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Jun-2021 18:16	Dr. John Smith	Added
08-Jun-2021 20:57	Kvitko	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
28-Aug-2021 00:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
28-Aug-2021 11:41	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Jul-2023 02:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]