ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276136
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| Date: | Saturday 12 July 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 9 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T5705 |
| MSN: | 83426 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pailton, 5 miles North-West of Rugby, 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 83426; Built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge as T5705 at 9 EFTS RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire 13.7.40.
Written off when stalled and crashed following steep turn while low flying at Pailton, near Rugby, Warwickshire, 27.7.41 aircraft destroyed by fire on impact with the ground. Pilot - Leading Aircraftman Robert Angas Alexander MISKIMMIN (Pilot Under Training, Service Number 1388305) killed. Aircraft Movement record card (Air Ministry Form AM.1180) confirms that the pilot was flying a solo training sortie.
Struck off charge 5.8.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). Pailton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Rugby, Warwickshire, England approximately five miles northwest of Rugby and about five miles southwest of Lutterworth, Leicestershire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.45)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/7940: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16757237
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2714118/robert-angas-alexander-miskimmin/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p834.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T5705
7. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1941.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pailton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2022 21:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Mar-2022 12:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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