Date:	Saturday 16 August 1941
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	7 EFTS RAF
Registration:	T7242
MSN:	83732
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Desford, Leicestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Desford, Leicestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Desford, Leicestershire

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83732; Taken on charge as T7242 at 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 17.8.40. To 2 EFTS RAF Staverton, Gloucestershire 19.9.40. Crashed 7.2.41; Flight Lieutenant R M Messiter injured and Leading Aircraftman E B Raybould uninjured. To Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 19.2.41. To 7 EFTS Desford 7.4.41. Crashed 16.4.41: Leading Aircraftman J A Hodgson injured and Flight Lieutenant H Swanston uninjured.

Written off when overturned during cross-wind landing at RAF Desford, Leicestershire 16.8.41. Pilot - Leading Aircraftsman W C Thomson - injured. Struck off charge 21.8.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.59)
2. Accident 16.8.41: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/8376:https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924218
3. Accident 7.2.41: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/4761: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688859
4. Accident 16.4.41: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/5880: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16755178
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p837.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T7242
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Desford

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Feb-2022 00:53	Dr. John Smith	Added
28-Feb-2022 09:26	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]