ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275581
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| Date: | Monday 19 August 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 2 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7032 |
| MSN: | 83340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | nr River Severn, Lower Lode Lane, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire (FZO/EGTG) |
| RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire (FZO/EGTG) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83340; Built by Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge as T7032 at 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire [undated; possibly not delivered]. Delivered to 2 EFTS, RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire 24.6.40.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit telegraph wires and crashed onto the bank of the River Severn at Lower Lode Lane, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire 19.8.40. Of the two crew, Sergeant William Norman Davis RAF VR (Instructor, Service Number 918024) killed (died 28.8.40 of injuries sustained); pupil Leading Aircraftsman P W Spencer RAF VR badly injured.
Not repaired; deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge 27.8.40 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/2670: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16472199
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2349690/william-norman-davis/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html
6. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/davis-william-norman.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=67139
8. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1940.htm
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?23881-1940-Unaccounted-Airmen-Database-Reconciliation/page25&highlight=DAVIS&p=139431#post139431
10. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewkesbury
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2022 20:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Feb-2022 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 20:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2023 17:49 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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