Date:	Monday 15 March 1937
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	24 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K4278
MSN:	3274
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Melton Mowbray, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hendon, Middlesex
Destination airport:	RAF Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3274; Taken on charge as K4278 at 2 ASU (Aircraft Servicing Unit), RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire 15.3.35. To 24 Squadron, RAF Hendon. Middlesex 5.3.36.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into a field near RAF Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, when ran out of fuel on a cross-country NAVEX (Navigation Exercise) 15.3.37; 2 crew uninjured.

Struck off charge 5.5.37; Total time on airframe 175.40 hours. RAF Melton Mowbray is a former Royal Air Force station located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south of the centre of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and 13.6 miles (21.9 km) south east of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.

1. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1995 p.349)
2. 24 Squadron Operations Record Book (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period April 1926 to December 1939: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/292 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2502927
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p032.html
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=K4278
6. http://leicestershire-aviation.co.uk/aircraft-crashes-force-landings-in-leicestershire/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Melton_Mowbray

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Apr-2022 22:00	Dr. John Smith	Added
02-Apr-2022 22:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Apr-2022 09:23	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]