ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276424
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 July 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 4 (S) FIS RAF |
| Registration: | R5212 |
| MSN: | 83074 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Teversham, Cambridge [EGSC] |
| RAF Teversham, Cambridge [EGSC] |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83074 (Gipsy Major #83110); Taken on charge as R5212 at 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 23.4.40. To 22 EFTS, RAF Teversham, Cambridge 1.7.40; transferred to 4 [Service] Flying Instructors School, RAF Teversham Cambridge [by 11.40].
Written off when stalled in steep turn and crashed whilst low flying at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire 8.7.42. Pilot - Sergeant H J P Cattrall - survived but injured
Tiger Moth R5212 Struck off charge 6.8.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E)
Wicken Fen is a 254.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. It is also a National Nature Reserve, and a Nature Conservation Review site
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/15696: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17477899
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p830.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R5212
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicken_Fen
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2022 14:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Mar-2022 20:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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