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Date: | Monday 6 September 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 4 FTS RAF |
Registration: | DX692 |
MSN: | DHA694 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Whites Run RLG, Matabeleland South -
Zimbabwe
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Heany, Southern Rhodesia |
Destination airport: | RAF White's Run RLG, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth DHA.694; built by DH Australia at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. Delivered to Southern Rhodesia as DX592. Put up for sale by tender in October 1945; only bid from Spencer Airways not accepted. Sold in 1946 to J Jenkinson; presumed sale fell through and Not Taken Up. Returned to military service at 4 FTS RAF Heany, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6.9.48 when crashed on landing at RAF White's Run RLG (Relief Landing Ground), near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia; the Tiger Moth side-slipped into the ground from altitude of 30 to 40 feet, and was wrecked. Struck off charge 23.5.49.
Sources:
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 1987, p.87)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.426
4.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus6.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._4_Flying_Training_School_RAF#Second_Formation Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Sep-2021 18:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
17-Sep-2021 20:52 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
12-Apr-2022 07:32 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
13-Apr-2022 23:29 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |