ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275575
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| Date: | Monday 16 December 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 7 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | R5039 |
| MSN: | 82940 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waltham-on-the-Wolds, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
| RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82940 (Gipsy Major #82773); Taken on charge as R5039 at 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire 27.3.40. To 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leicestershire 12.9.40.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled, forced landed and crashed into a dyke at Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire 16.12.40. PIlot, Leading Aircraftman D E Sharpe survived but injured.
Waltham-on-the-Wolds is an English village in the civil parish of Waltham-on-the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold, in the Melton borough of Leicestershire. It lies about 5 miles north-east of Melton Mowbray and 11 miles south-west of Grantham on the main A607 road
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/4626: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688724
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p829.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R5039
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham_on_the_Wolds
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2022 19:30 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Feb-2022 20:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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