ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275514
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| Date: | Friday 25 October 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 2 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | L6920 |
| MSN: | 3553 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kinver, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire (FZO/EGTG) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3553 (Gipsy Major #80012; RAF record card shows #80014); Taken on charge as L6920 at Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd (2 ERFTS) Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire 18.6.37. Unit renamed 2 EFTS upon outbreak of war on 3.9.39.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled and crashed attempting to miss telegraph cables whilst making a forced landing at Kinver, Staffordshire 25.10.40. Pilot, Leading Aircraftman John Shirley Bunbury survived, but was injured and admitted to Corbett Hospital, Stourbridge. He recovered and completed his training. Flying Officer John S Bunbury was killed on 17.8.42, whilst flying a Lancaster of 50 Squadron on a mission to Onsabruk, Germany.
Tiger Moth L6920 sent to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 31.10.40 but deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge 7.4.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Kinver is a large village in the District of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England. It is in the far south-west of the county, at the end of the narrow finger of land surrounded by the counties of Shropshire and Worcestershire. It is located approximately five miles west of Stourbridge, Worcestershire along the A449 road.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/3924: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688022
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=L6920
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1940.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinver
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2022 00:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Feb-2022 01:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2022 10:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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