ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276248
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 October 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 17 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | N9460 |
| MSN: | 82514 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wittons Farm, Flag Fen, near Peterborough,Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
| RAF North Luffenham, Rutland |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82514 (Gipsy Major #82526) Taken on charge as N9460 at 19 MU RAF St Athan, South Glamorgan 3.12.39. To Derby 21.10.40; returned to 19 MU RAF St.Athan 25.2.41. To 17 EFTS RAF North Luffenham, Rutland 13.3.41.
Written off when spun into the ground, crashed and destroyed by fire at Wittons Farm, Flag Fen, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 1.10.41. Pilot - Captain Thomas Arundale 'Dale' Bourn (83rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Service Number 149714, aged 39) - killed.
Struck off charge 9.10.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR81/9467: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997704
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2949551/thomas-arundale-bourn/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p825.html
6. https://charterhousewarmemorial.org.uk/RollofHonour.aspx?RecID=1502&TableName=view_WarTable&fromTimelinePage=true
7. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Surrey/GodalmingCharthouseSchoolWW2.html
8. http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1941/Casualties_1941_10-1.htm
9. https://timenote.info/en/Thomas-Arundale-Bourn
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Fen
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2022 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Mar-2022 18:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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