ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276532
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| Date: | Friday 3 April 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 26 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T8233 |
| MSN: | 84506 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Guinea Fowl, Gwelo, Midlands -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Guinea Fowl ALG, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84506; Taken on charge as T8233 at 4 MU RAF Cowley, Oxford, and shipped direct to Southern Rhodesia 6.41. To 26 EFTS RAF Guinea Fowl ALG, near Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia by 10.41
Written off when lost control during aerobatics and crashed 5 miles South of RAF Guinea Fowl ALG, near Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia 3.4.42. Pilot - Leading Aircraftsman J W Cutler - survived but was injured
Struck off charge 5.6.42 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 AIR81/13135: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083885
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p845.html
5. http://www.maplandia.com/zimbabwe/midlands/gweru-rural/guinea-fowl/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2022 16:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Mar-2022 19:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2022 22:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
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