ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276573
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 1424 (AOP) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | T5608 |
| MSN: | 83301 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chilmark, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Larkhill, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83301 (Gipsy Major #83134); Taken on charge as T5608 at 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 5.6.40. To 10 EFTS RAF Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 24.11.40; to RAF Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 9.41. Crashed 26.11.41 at Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire; to DeHavilland for repairs 29.11.41. To 297 Squadron, RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire 7.2.42. To 1424 (Air Observation Post) Flight RAF Larkhill, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 27.3.42.
Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) when hit HT power cables, crashed and destroyed by fire at Chilmark, Wiltshire 9.6.42. Pilot - Captain P H Henderson (Royal Artillery) - survived but injured
Struck off charge 17.6.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). Chilmark is a Wiltshire village and civil parish of some 150 houses straddling the B3089 road, 11 miles (18 km) west of Salisbury, England.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1997 p.44)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/15005: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17386504
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T5608
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilmark,_Wiltshire#RAF_Chilmark
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2022 21:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Mar-2022 09:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Mar-2022 14:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2022 10:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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