ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275536
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| Date: | Sunday 22 December 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 14 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7152 |
| MSN: | 83611 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Elmdon, Bickenhill, Solihull, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elmdon, Birmingham (EGBB) |
| RAF Elmdon, Birmingham (EGBB) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83611; Taken on charge as T7152 at 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire 25.7.40. To 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Bickenhill, Solihull, Birmingham 5.10.40.
Written off 22.12.40 in mid-air collision with Tiger Moth R5023 (also of 14 EFTS) near RAF Elmdon, Bickenhill, Solihull, Birmingham, Warwickshire. The crew in each Tiger Moth - Pilot Officer H A B Simons (Instructor) and Leading Airman J Wakelin (Pilot Under Training) in Tiger Moth T7152 were injuired, as was Leading Airman D R Barrows (Pilot Under Training, flying solo) in Tiger Moth R5023.
Tiger Moth T7152 was sent to DeHavilland for repairs on 30.12.40, but deemed "beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge on 3.1.41
The other Tiger Moth involved - R5023 - was repaired and continued in RAF service until 1953. It was later civilianized to became G-AOGY in 1954, then to Australia in 1956 as VH-RSE, later VH-FBO. Still exists in Australia in 2018 as a static museum exhibit.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/4655
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p836.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R5023
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1940.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Airport#Second_World_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2022 16:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Feb-2022 22:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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