Date:	Sunday 24 October 1948
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	25 RFS RAF
Registration:	R5102
MSN:	82984
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Newport, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82984 (Gipsy Major #82795): Taken on charge as R5102 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 3.4.40. To 13 EFTS RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 1.7.40. Crashed 21.8.40 [presumed at White Waltham]; to 1 CRU for repairs 31.8.40. To 38 MU Llandow 21.10.40 after repairs complete. To 17 EFTS North Luffenham 13.3.41; to Peterborough 7.41. To 28 EFTS Wolverhampton 19.5.42. To 25 RFS RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 26.6.47.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24.10.48; Hit trees low flying Newport, Shropshire. During an authorised low-level cross-country navigation exercise, the pilot misjudged the aircraft's altitude and flew into a tree, then crashed to the ground.

Not repaired; To 34 MU RAF Monkmoor, Shewsbury scrap dump and struck off charge by/on 30.11.48

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 R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.440
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p829.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20R5102
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Shropshire

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Sep-2021 17:49	Dr. John Smith	Added
19-Sep-2021 20:45	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
20-Sep-2021 20:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
25-Sep-2021 19:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator]
25-Sep-2021 21:59	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]