ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276327
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| Date: | Saturday 24 January 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 3 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | N9311 |
| MSN: | 82398 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Colliers Farm, Balking, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Shellingford, Berkshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82398 (Gipsy Major #82128); Taken on charge as N9311 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 7.10.39. To 3 EFTS RAF Watchfield 18.9.40; to RAF Shellingford, Berkshire 12.41.
Written off when spun into the ground; crashed during aerobatics after failing to recover from a spin at Colliers Farm, Balking, Berkshire 24.1.42. Pilot - Corporal J Cermak (Czech National) - survived but injured
Struck off charge 12.2.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). Balking (or Baulking) is a village and civil parish about 3 1⁄2 miles southeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 Boundary Changes transferred it to Oxfordshire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/11724: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17082474 (This file mis-records the Tiger Moth as "A9331" [sic])
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p823.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N9311
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baulking
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2022 16:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Mar-2022 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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