ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275613
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| Date: | Monday 9 December 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 10 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | K4265 |
| MSN: | 3261 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Creech St Michael, 3 miles East of Taunton, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset |
| RAF Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3261; Taken on charge as K4265 at RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey 1.2.35. To 1 ASU (Aircraft Servicing Unit) RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire 21.2.36. To 16 E&RFTS Shoreham, Sussex 2.7.37. To 10 EFTS RAF Yatesbury, Wiltshire 15.10.39; moved with unit to RAF Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 9.40.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when force landed whilst lost and crashed at Creech St Michael, near Taunton, Somerset 9.12.40. Pilot - Leading Aircraftman B G Kuhl - survived but injured. According to the book "Weston-Super-Mare and the Aeroplane" By Roger Dudley, Ted Johnson:
"During a cross country flight from Weston-Super-Mare, DH Tiger Moth K4265 of 10 EFTS flew into the ground at Creech St. Michael".
Creech St Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, three miles east of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district.
Not repaired: deemed "damaged beyond econmic repair" and Struck off charge 21.12.40 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E),
Sources:
1. The K File: The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1995 p.348)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/4504: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688602
3. Weston-Super-Mare and the Aeroplane By Roger Dudley, Ted Johnson
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p032.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=K4265
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creech_St_Michael
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2022 20:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Feb-2022 22:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2022 20:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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