ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276521
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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 21 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T5419 |
| MSN: | 83162 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shipley, 6 miles north-east of Storrington, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Booker, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83162 (Gipsy Major #83083); Taken on charge as T5419 at 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 8.5.40. To 13 EFTS RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 8.10.40; moved with unit to RAF Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 12.40. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 2.6.41.
Written off when undershot and crashed during forced landing while lost at Shipley, 6 miles north-east of Storrington, West Sussex 30.7.42. Probable cause was engine failure due to fuel starvation. The pilot - Colour Sergeant Major James Charles Cowley - survived but was injured
Struck off charge 4.8.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). Shipley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road 6 miles north-east of Storrington. The parish includes the village of Coolham and the hamlets of Dragon's Green, Brooks Green and Broomer's Corner
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.42)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) Filre AIR81/16783: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17478986
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p831.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T5419
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cowley
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipley,_West_Sussex
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2022 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Mar-2022 11:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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