ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276253
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| Date: | Sunday 20 April 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 9 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | R5194 |
| MSN: | 83056 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Harborough Magna, 4 miles NW of Rugby, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire |
| RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83056 (Gipsy Major #83140); Taken on charge as R5194 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 16.4.40. To 9 EFTS RAF Ansty, near Coventry, Warwickshire 15.11.40.
Written off when broke up in air (reportedly aircraft lost a wing) during aerobatics, and crashed into allotments near Harborough Magna, Warwickshire 20.4.41. Both crew - Pilot Officer Denis Norman McCARTHY (Service Number 81342, Instructor Pilot, aged 24) and Leading Aircraftman James SCHOLES (Service Number 1265363, Pilot Under Training, aged 26) - were killed.
Struck off charge 20.6.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). Harborough Magna is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The civil parish, which also contains the nearby hamlets of Harborough Parva and Cathiron, is located around four miles northwest of Rugby.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR81/5983: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16755281
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) AVIA 5/20/W1007: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6577208
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2714117/denis-norman-mccarthy/
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2714119/james-scholes/
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p830.html
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=96826
9. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1941.htm
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harborough_Magna
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2022 22:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Mar-2022 18:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Mar-2022 14:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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