ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276757
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| Date: | Friday 14 August 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 1 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T6803 |
| MSN: | 85072 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Panshanger, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire (EGTH) |
| RAF Panshanger, Hertfordshire (EGLG) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85072; Taken on charge as T6803 at 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 14.10.41. To 20 EFTS RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire 12.11.41. To 10 EFTS RAF Stoke Orchard 11.12.41. To 1 EFTS RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire 12.7.42.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when spun in and crashed on approach to RAF Panshanger, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire 14.8.42. Pilot - Second Lieutenant G Oddie - survived but injured.
Struck off charge 29.8.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E)
NOTE: It should be noted that the official record ‘on enquiry’ transferred this entry on to the aircraft record card for Tiger Moth N6803. However, it is clear that the accident did involve T6803. Due to this administrative error, several published sources list T6803 was being civilianised post-war as G-AKYN. It should be made clear that G-AKYN was ex-N6803, not T6803.
At some stage, the paperwork for the ultimate sale of Tiger Moth N6803 may have been attributed to T6803, since that was shown as such as 'sold 4.6.48 to Adie Aviation Ltd'. Registered as G-AKYN (C of R 12324) 23.4.48 to Adie Aviation Ltd, Croydon (as ex T6803 - but reported at Croydon as being N6803 when delivered). Not converted for civil use and registration cancelled 1.6.49 as 'sold'. Noted in store at Adie Aviation, Croydon 12.49, it was reported as being in a Nissen hut at Stansted, Essex by 6.51 and later to an unidentified ATC unit at Bishops Stortford, Essex (probably 1096 Squadron). By 1959, it was with Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth and was still there in 1962.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.55)
2. National Archivees (PRO Kew) File AIR81/17219: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17479422
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p850.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T6803
6. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKYN.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panshanger_Aerodrome
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2022 02:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Mar-2022 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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