ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275917
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 December 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 29 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T5622 |
| MSN: | 83320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lord Boynes Park, Burwarton, Shropshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lord Boynes Park, Burwarton, Shropshire |
| RAF Cliff Pypard, Wooton Basset, Wiltshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83320; Taken on charge as T5622 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham Wiltshire 20.6.40 [stored at dispersal at RAF Manby 16.12.40-24.4.41]. To 305 (Polish) "Ziemia Wielkopolska, Squadron, RAF Syerston, Notinghamshire 3.6.41. To Station HQ Flight RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire [undated, but presumed late July 1941]. Crashed 6.8.41 at RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire. Damaged airframe recovered by and to 60 MU Shipton-by-Beningbrough, North Yorkshire 9.8.41; to Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 10.8.41. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard, Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire 18.9.41.
Written off when caught in a downdraft and struck trees on take-off at Lord Boynes Park, Burwarton, Shropshire, 10.12.41; destroyed by fire on impact. Pilot - Flight Lieutenant A K Holdsworth - survived but injured. Struck off charge 17.12.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
NOTE: Some published sources (see link #5) list Tiger Moth T5622 as being on charge with 9 MU, RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire at the time of the above incident
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.44)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/10829: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17058558
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T5622
6. https://dunxc2.wixsite.com/pypard/aircraft-listing
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwarton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2022 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Feb-2022 09:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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