ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276590
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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 4 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7843 |
| MSN: | 84208 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Brough, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brough, East Yorkshire (EGNB) |
| RAF Brough, East Yorkshire (EGNB) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84208; Built to contract 20916/39 by Morris Motors Ltd., at Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge as T7843, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 25.1.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Archer Cowley Ltd, Park End Street, Oxford; returned to Morris for erection [undated, but probably July 1941]. To 4 EFTS RAF Brough, East Yorkshire 28.7.41.
Written off 1.8.42 when this 4 EFTS aircraft was struck by Tiger Moth T5670 (also of 4 EFTS) a few feet off the ground at Brough airfield when both aircraft were coming in to land. The resulting crash wrecked both aircraft; both aircraft crashed upside down and were were badly damaged. All three crew (two in Tiger Moth T7843, and one in Tiger Moth T5670) survived with minor injuries.
Leading Aircraftman Ernest Charles Wilson RAFVR (Service Number 1601523, Pilot Under Training).
Pilot Officer Oswald Etienne Rotherham RAFVR (Instructor Pilot, Service Number 115892).
Struck off charge as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E) 8.8.42
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.65)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/16856: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17479059
3. https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york42/t7843.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p842.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6285-420801-Unaccounted-airwoman-and-airmen-1-8-1942&p=35926#post35926
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough_Aerodrome
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2022 14:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Mar-2022 10:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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