ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276048
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 January 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 7 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | R5195 |
| MSN: | 83057 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nailstone, 3 miles NE of Market Bosworth, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
| RAF Desford, Leicestershire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83057 (Gipsy Major #82900); Taken on charge as R5195 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 18.4.40. To 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leicestershire 24.9.40.
Written off when stalled and crashed whilst making a forced landing in bad weather at Nailstone, Leicestershire 8.1.41. Pilot - Leading Aircraftman C G Moore - survived, but injured.
Not repaired; deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge 20.1.41; to DeHavilland for salvage 27.1.41 and recovered for spares and scrap.
Nailstone is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, situated to the west of Leicester and 3 miles north-east of Market Bosworth.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/4951: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16689049
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p830.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R5195
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nailstone
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2022 00:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Mar-2022 22:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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