Date:	Sunday 5 July 1942
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	29 OTU RAF
Registration:	T6307
MSN:	84722
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Alconbury, Huntingdonshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF North Luffenham, Rutland
Destination airport:	RAF Alconbury, Huntingdonshire

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84722; Taken on charge as T6307 at RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire 18.6.41. Reported intially in service with the Station Flight, RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, then the Station Flight, RAF North Luffenham, Rutland [at unknown/unrecorded dates between July and December 1941]. To 29 OTU RAF North Luffenham, Rutland [as at census 31.12.41].

Written off when dived into the ground whilst flying inverted at RAF Alconbury, Huntingdonshire 5.7.42.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Alfred Cecil Shilleto RAFVR 122927 [Injured] (NCO:909051 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 June, 1942)
Crew : Pilot Officer William Arthur Watkin Strachan RAF 115567 [Injured] (NCO:1375086 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 March, 1942)

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.51)
2, National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/16193: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17478396
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p847.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T6307
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?15003-A-C-Shilletto-(pilot)&p=88492#post88492
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17018-75-Squadron-quot-Wellington-B-quot&p=100023#post100023
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Alconbury#History
9. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Mar-2022 13:47	Dr. John Smith	Added
12-Mar-2022 20:15	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
05-Jul-2023 09:48	Rob Davis	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]