ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276936
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| Date: | Friday 1 September 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Instytut Techniczny Lotnictwa (Aviation Tech Institute |
| Registration: | SP-AMX |
| MSN: | 3185 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Okecie Aerodrome, Warsaw -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Okecie Aerodrome, Warsaw, Poland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3185 (Gipsy III #3568); Civil registered as G-ACEH [C of R 4213] 28.2.33 to Arthur Thomas Wright, c/o Polish Embassy, London W1 (based Warsaw). C of A 3797 issued 14.3.33. Sold to Poland by/on 31.3.33. UK registration G-ACEH cancelled 7.2.34 as "withdrawn from use".
Re-registered in Poland as SP-AMX 23.6.34 to Ministerstwo Komunikacji (Ministry of Transport), Warsaw, Poland. This airframe was the only Tiger Moth to be sold and registered in Poland before the outbreak of WWII. The plane was used by the Instytut Techniczny Lotnictwa (Aviation Tech Institute) located at Okecie aerodrome in Warsaw
Fate unknown: Presumed written off (destroyed) in invasion of Poland from 1.9.39. During World War II, Okęcie was often used as a battleground between the German Army and Polish resistance and was almost completely destroyed. From the very first day of the war in Poland, Okęcie became a target for bombing by the German Luftwaffe, and most (if not all) of the aircraft based there were destroyed in the bombing.
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACEH.pdf
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p031.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.html
5. https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/65299-the-aviation-technical-research-institute-livery-warsaw-1935-for-awx-dh82-tiger-moth/
6. http://www.klub-beskid.com/phorum/read.php?5,256441
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Chopin_Airport#The_pre-war_and_wartime_Ok%C4%99cie_(1934%E2%80%9345)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2022 17:20 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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