ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275577
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| Date: | Monday 22 July 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 7 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | G-ADPF |
| MSN: | 3396 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Braunstone, Blaby, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
| RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3396 (Gipsy Major #8290); Registered as G-ADPF [C of R 6224] 24.9.35 to Reid & Sigrist Ltd and operated by 7 E&RFTS at RAF Desford, Leicestershire. C of A 5126 issued 20.11.35. Collided on ground with Tiger Moth G-ADXX at Desford, Leicestershire 23.3.36; repaired and returned to service. Unit renamed 7 EFTS upon outbreak of war 3.9.39.
Written off (damaged beyond reapir) when spun into the ground off turn and crashed at Braunstone, Leicestershire 22.7.40. Pilot, Sergeant W J E Ardley injured. Not repaired, presumed deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and broken up at Desford in 1940.
However, civil registration G-ADPF only officially (and belatedly) cancelled ("Cancellation by Secretary of State") post-war - on 9.11.45 - after the Air Ministry's 1945 census into the continued survival (or not) of all pre-war UK civil registered aircraft
Sources:
1. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/2427: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471672
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p033.html
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADPE.pdf
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braunstone_Town
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 October 1941 | BB853 | 7 EFTS RAF | 0 | RAF Desford, Leicestershire | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2022 20:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Feb-2022 20:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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