ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276256
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| Date: | Monday 7 July 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 9 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | R5193 |
| MSN: | 83055 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mobbs Wood Farm, 1½ miles North East of RAF Ansty, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83055 (Gipsy Major #83115); Taken on charge as R5193 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 16.3.40. To 9 EFTS RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire 13.11.40.
Written off when spun into the ground and crashed at Mobbs Wood Farm, Brinklow Road, 1½ miles North East of Ansty, Warwickshire 7.7.41; destroyed by fire on impact. Pilot - Leading Aircraftman Ian Sim FORBES (Service Number 655051, Pilot Under Training, Aged 24) - killed. He was an Australian national, from Potts Point, Sydney, New South Wales. According to a biography of the pilot of Tiger Moth R5193 (see link #7):
"On 7 July 1941, Leading Aircraftman Forbes was a pilot under training and was flying solo in Tiger Moth R5193 when he spun off a turn at 1,200 feet into the ground at Mobbs Wood Farm, one and a half miles north-west of Ansty airfield and the aircraft caught fire. He had lost control and failed to pull the aircraft out of the spin before the aircraft hit the ground. He had just 23 hours flying time, of which only five hours were solo in Tiger Moths".
Struck off charge 13.7.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/7427: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16756724
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2714116/ian-sim-forbes/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p830.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R5193
7. https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/forbes-ian-sim-655051/
8. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1941.htm
9. https://mapcarta.com/W55509400
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2022 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Mar-2022 18:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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