Date:	Wednesday 26 March 1947
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	2 EFTS RAF
Registration:	DE666
MSN:	85607
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Jodhpur, Rajasthan -   India
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India (JDH/VIJO)
Destination airport:	RAF Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India (JDH/VIJO)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85607: Taken on charge by the RAF as DE666 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 17.4.42. To 222 MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 4.2.43 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped to Karachi, India 28.2.43 on the s.s.'Baharistan'; arrived Karchi 17.5.43. Operated by 2 EFTS, RAF at RAF Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26.3.47: The aircraft 'bounced' on landing at RAF Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The pilot overcorrected the 'bounce', then the port undercarriage collapsed, causing the Tiger Moth to tip onto its nose, and then overturn. No reported casualties to the two crew.

Despite being written off as Car.E2(FA), the aircraft was rebuilt and taken on charge by the RIAF (Royal Indian Air Force) as HU-475 on 25.9.47. To Indian Air Force Academy. Reported as Indian Civil registered as VT-CTU on 27.5.48 (see link #6) but this may have been an ex-SAAF import.

Note: Some published sources give the serial number as "DD666". This may have been an administrative error in the recording of the accident, as DD666 was a DH Mosquito NF.II.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. 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.285
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p856.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/dehavilland%201.htm#DE666
7. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/DD666
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodhpur_Airport#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Sep-2021 00:56	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Sep-2021 08:39	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]