Incident De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth N6594,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275545
 
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Date:Thursday 2 October 1941
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:11 EFTS RAF
Registration: N6594
MSN: 3895
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Buttergask ALG, Buttergask, Perthshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Perth/Scone, New Scone, Perth (PSL/EGPT)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3895 (Gipsy Major #80830); Taken on charge as N6594 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 20.2.39. To 35 E&RFTS RAF Grangemouth 2.5.39. To 11 EFTS RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 15.10.39. Substantially damaged 17.9.40 when crashed near Perth/Scone Airfield, New Scone, Perth, Perthshire. Repaired and returned to service

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when collided with Tiger Moth T5469 (also of 11 EFTS, RAF Perth) and crashed 2.10.41 at RAF Buttergask ALG (Auxiliary Landing Ground), Buttergask, Perthshire. Pilot, Leading Aircraftman J E Veys, survived but injured.

To DeHavilland 3.10.41 for damage assessment; not repaired, deemed "damaged beyond econmic repair" and Struck Off Charge 11.10.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/3315: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16472490 (Accident 17.9.40)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/9391: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997638 (Accident 2.10.41)
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p038.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N6594

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Feb-2022 00:16 Dr. John Smith Added
16-Feb-2022 11:02 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 18:00 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Operator, Operator]]

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