ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275669
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| Date: | Friday 23 May 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 27 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | R4791 |
| MSN: | 82735 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Whites Run FLG, Matabeleland South -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Induna, Southern Rhodesia |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82735 (Gipsy Major #82579) Toc as R4791 at 4 MU Cowley 12.1.40 and shipped direct to Southern Rhodesia 2.40. To 25 EFTS Belvedere [7.40]. To 27 EFTS Induna.
Written off (destroyed) when spun into the ground and crashed near Whites Run FLG (Forward Landing Ground), Southern Rhodesia 23.5.41. Pilot - Corporal Eric Wickett (Pilot Under Training, Service Number 591209) - killed.
Struck off charge 23.5.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) Filre AIR 81/6585: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16755882
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2617076/eric-wickett/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p827.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R4791
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/14248.php
8. https://zimfieldguide.com/harare/rhodesia-air-training-group-ratg-1940-%E2%80%93-1945-and-statistics-fatalities-commonwealth-war
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia_in_World_War_II#Rhodesian_Air_Training_Group
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2022 23:30 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Feb-2022 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Category] |
| 20-Feb-2022 11:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2022 23:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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