ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276135
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| Date: | Saturday 18 October 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 28 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T8022 |
| MSN: | 84363 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Mount Hampden, Salisbury, Mashonaland West -
 Zimbabwe
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province, Southern Rhodesia |
| RAF Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province, Southern Rhodesia |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84363; Taken on charge as T8022 at Morris Motors Cowley, Oxford, and shipped direct to Southern Rhodesia 25.3.41 on the s.s "Director". To 28 EFTS, RAF Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province, Southern Rhodesia
Written off when aircraft broke up in flight during aerobatics (wings "folded in"); aircraft crashed and destroyed by fire on impact with the ground at RAF Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West Province, Southern Rhodesia 18.10.41. Both crew - Warrant Officer James Angus Mckee ALLISON RAF VR (Instructor Pilot, Service Number 740596) and Leading Aircraftman Charles Arthur William BALDWIN RAF (Airframe Fitter, Service Number 572997) - were killed.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.67)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/9688: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997935
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2617287/james-angus-mckee-allison/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2617293/charles-arthur-william-baldwin/
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p843.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T8022
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hampden
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2022 20:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Mar-2022 12:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Apr-2022 22:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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