ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276806
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 May 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 22 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | N6633 |
| MSN: | 3937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Coton, 3 miles West of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Teversham, Cambridge [EGSC] |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3937 (Gipsy Major #80843); Taken on charge as N6633 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire 10.3.39. To 30 E&RFTS RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire 30.3.39. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 15.10.39.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) due to engine failure during aerobatics, and spun into the ground during a forced landing near Coton, 3 miles West of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 6.5.42; of the two crew, one was killed and one survived, reprtedly uninjured.
Crew of Tiger Moth N6633:
Pilot Officer Kenneth CASE RAF VR (Service Number 111780, Instructor Pilot) - killed in active service 6.5.42
Pilot Officer J C Cauthen - survived uninjured
Struck off charge 11.5.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). Coton is a small village and civil parish about three miles (about 5 km) west of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Brtian, 1997 p.40)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/14071: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17206708
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2403658/kenneth-case/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p039.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N6633
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coton,_Cambridgeshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2022 20:00 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Mar-2022 22:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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