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Date: | Thursday 4 April 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 16 FU RAF |
Registration: | DF193 |
MSN: | 85929 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Vitry-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France -
France
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | RAF Dunkeswell, Honiton, Devon (EGTU) |
Destination airport: | Vitry-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85929: Taken on charge by the RAF as DF193, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire, 16.2.43. However placed into long-term storage locally in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection 12.8.45. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 26.9.45. To RAF St Mawgan, Cornwall 11.3.46. To 16 FU (Ferry Unit) RAF Dunkeswell, Honiton, Devon later in 3.46
Ferried to France ex-Dunkeswell 3.4.46 but overturned on landing at Vitry-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France 4.4.46; on landing, the tailwheel hit a pothole, and the aircraft nosed over. Presumed written off as Cat.E(FA) 6.4.46. Airframe still in the charge of 16 Ferry Unit - the aircraft had not been struck off charge and handed over to the L'Armee De L'Air (French Air Force). Pilot of Tiger Moth DF193 - Warrant Officer Laskowski - was uninjured.
Vitry-en-Artois is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France, at approximate Coordinates: 50°19′35″N 2°59′02″E
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.35. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.117
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p859.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitry-en-Artois Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Sep-2021 15:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
05-Sep-2021 12:10 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |