ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275986
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| Date: | Sunday 7 December 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 28 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7671 |
| MSN: | 84060 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Glenara Farm, Mashonaland Central -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province, Southern Rhodesia |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN.84060; Taken on charge as T7671 on 17.1.41 at Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford, and shipped direct to Southern Rhodesia on the s.s "Rochester Castle". To 28 EFTS, RAF Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province, near Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Written off when hit HT wires while low flying and crashed Glenara Farm, Mashonaland Central Province, 21km North of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia 6.12.41. Pilot - Flight Lieutenant D Livinstone-Bussell - injured.
Not repaired; deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge 3.5.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.62)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/10736: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17058465
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p840.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T7671
6. http://rhodesianheritage.blogspot.com/2013/04/mount-hampden-build-up-to-28-efts.html
7. https://zw.geoview.info/glenara,891121
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hampden
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2022 19:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Feb-2022 09:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2022 23:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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