ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276397
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| Date: | Friday 12 June 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 27 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T8231 |
| MSN: | 84504 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Induna, Matabeleland North -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Induna, near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia |
| RAF Induna, near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84504; Taken on charge as T8231 and shipped direct to Southern Rhodesia on the s.s "Sandown Castle" 12.6.41. To 27 RAF Induna, near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia by 30.9.41.
Written off when stalled after takeoff and spun into ground: crashed and destroyed by fire ½ mile North East of RAF Induna, near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, 12.6.42. Pilot - Leading Aircraftman Harry Horace Percival Pearson RAF VR (Service Number 1387781, Pilot Under Training, aged 30) - killed.
Struck off charge 10.8.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.68)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/15446: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17386945
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2617042/harry-horace-percival-pearson/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p845.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulawayo#Suburbs
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2022 16:47 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Mar-2022 21:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Mar-2022 21:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Apr-2022 03:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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