ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276979
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| Date: | Friday 22 August 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Farmers Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BCD |
| MSN: | 3256 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Balclutha Aerodrome, Balclutha, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Balclutha Aerodrome, South Otago, South Island, New Zealand (NZBA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3256 (Gipsy Major #5741); Taken on charge as K4260 at RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey 12.1.35. To 1 ASU Waddington 21.2.36. To 14 ERFTS Castle Bromwich 30.6.37. To 1 ASU (Aircraft Servicing Unit) RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire 11.4.38. To 34 E&RFTS RAF Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 28.1.39. To 1 EFTS RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire 15.10.39. To 13 EFTS RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 2.4.40. Crashed on landing at White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 25.6.40; to 4 MU RAF Cowley, Oxfordshire for repairs 1.7.40. To 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 2.8.40 after reapris completed. To 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 14.6.41. Crashed on landing at RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 29.6.41; to Southern Aircraft, Gatwick for repairs 15.7.41. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 27.9.41 coded "44".
Struck by Tiger Moth R5144 after landing at RAF Booker, Buckinghamshire 6.2.42; to Southern Aircraft, Gatwick for repairs 10.2.42. To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 27.3.42 after reapris completed. To 653 Squadron, RAF Farnborough, Hampshire 13.8.42. Returnbed to 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Wuiltshire 7.9.42. To 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leciestershire 21.3.43. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 24.9.46. Transferred to Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm charge and delivered to the AHU (Aircraft Holding Unit) at HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton, Warrington, Cheshire 11.12.46. To MoS (Ministry of Supply) charge 1.2.51 and struck off charge when sold 21.3.51.
Civil registered as G-ALMV (C of R R3646/1) 23.4.52 to The Midland Aero Club Ltd, Elmdon, Birmingham. However, Reported still in storage at Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey in 6.52). C of A issued 6.11.52. Registration G-ALMV cancelled 7.11.52 as 'sold to New Zealand'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BCD 16.1.53 to Farmers Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd, Invercargill. NZ C of A issued 5.2.53.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Balclutha Aerodrome, Balclutha, South Otago, South Island during agricultural (crop spraying/top dressing) operations. Registration ZK-BCD cancelled 22.8.58.
Balclutha Aerodrome (ICAO: NZBA) is a small airport 0.5 Nautical Miles (1 km) southeast of Balclutha township on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand. The aerodrome is operated by - and is home to - the South Otago Aero Club.
NOTE: The date when ZK-BCD was written off is not yet known, but is assumed to be in mid-1958. The date of "22.8.58" is therefore purely nominal, based on the date that the registration was cancelled, not the date that the aircraft crashed.
Sources:
1. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain 1995 p.347)
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p032.html
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALMV.pdf
5. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/56729-zk-bcd-1
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKBAH.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balclutha_Aerodrome
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Mar-2022 19:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Apr-2022 15:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 10-Apr-2022 22:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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