ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276139
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| Date: | Monday 8 December 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 28 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7455 |
| MSN: | 83879 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Coven, 3 miles South-East of Brewood, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
| RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83879; Taken on charge as T7455, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 19.10.40. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at the Riding School, Walton Street, Oxford; returned to Morris [undated, but probably August/September 1941] for erection. To 28 EFTS, RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 11.9.41.
Written off in a mid-air collision with Tiger Moth T7918 (also of 28 EFTS) and crashed at Coven, 3 miles South-East of Brewood, Staffordshire 8.12.41; both pilots (one in each aircraft) killed. Pilot of Tiger Moth T7455 - Corporal Kenneth Patrick Sexton (Service Number 657641, Pilot Under Training, aged 25) - killed.
Struck off charge 15.12.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). Coven is a village in the district of South Staffordshire, England, near to the border with Wolverhampton. Together with Brewood it forms part of the parish of Brewood & Coven
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p.61)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/10767: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17058496
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2722084/kenneth-patrick-sexton/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p838.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T7918
7. http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1941/Casualties_1941_12-1.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coven,_Staffordshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2022 22:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Mar-2022 12:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Mar-2022 16:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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