ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275926
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| Date: | Saturday 2 August 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 9 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | N5465 |
| MSN: | 3733 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 600 yards South of Brinklow Railway Station, Brinklow, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire |
| RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3733 (Gipsy Major #80687); Taken on charge as N5465 at 27 MU RAF Shawbury, Shropshire 20.10.38. To 9 ERFTS RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire 6.2.39, coded “9”. Unit renamed 9 EFTS upon outbreak of war 3.9.39.
Written off (destroyed) when collided with Tiger Moth N5472 (also of 9 EFTS) then spun into the ground and crashed 600 yards South of Brinklow Railway Station, Brinklow, Warwickshire 2.8.41; aircraft destroyed by fire on impact. Both crew - Sergeant Edward YOUNG (Service Number 1206557, Instructor, aged 30) and Corporal Peter George MANSELL (Service Number 571586, Pilot Under Training, aged 20) - killed.
Brinklow railway station was a railway station almost midway between Brinklow and Stretton-Under-Fosse in the English county of Warwickshire, opened in 1847 on the Trent Valley Line. The station closed to passengers on 16.9.57 and for goods on 20.2.61
Tiger Moth N5465 was Struck off charge 12.8.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/8013: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16757310
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2450790/edward-young/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2723783/peter-george-mansell/
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p037.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N5465
8. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1941.htm
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3362-410802-Unaccounted-airmen-2-8-1941&p=18099#post18099
10. http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1941/Casualties_1941_08-1.htm
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Ansty#Accidents_and_incidents
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinklow_railway_station
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2022 00:27 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Feb-2022 09:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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