Date:	Wednesday 14 September 1949
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	22 Gp CF RAF
Registration:	N6467
MSN:	3804
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Ternhill, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Ternhill, Shropshire (EGOE)
Destination airport:	RAF Ternhill, Shropshire (EGOE)

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3804 (Gipsy Major #80745). Taken on charge as N6467 at 9 MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 31.12.38. To 17 ERFTS RAF Barton, Salford, Lancashire 7.2.39; coded ‘7’. To 10 EFTS RAF Yatesbury 17.9.39.

Crashed at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 8.7.40 (the record card also shows "to 5 Air Observer & Navigator School, Weston-super-Mare 8.7.40" – unclear if this aircraft was on delivery to that unit - or simply recording the location of its accident...and see also Tiger Moth N6469). To DeHavilland for repairs 24.7.40; returned to the RAF at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 21.10.40.

To 16 OTU (Operational Training Unit), Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire 29.10.40. Returned to 5 MU RAF Kemble 13.2.41 for overhaul. To 2 EFTS RAF Staverton, Gloucestershire 29.9.41; transferred locally to 6 (S) Flying Instructors School 11.41; to RAF Worcester 4.42; reverted to 2 EFTS, RAF Worcester 22.7.42; coded ‘FHE-B’.

To 2 FTS, Church Lawford 25.9.47; to South Cerney 4.48; coded "FAM-E". To 22 Group Comm Flight, RAF Ternhill, Market Drayton, Shropshire 4.8.49.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit ground during aerobatics RAF Ternhill, Market Drayton, Shropshire 14.9.49. The pilot was rehearsing for a 'crazy flying' display for the forthcoming Battle of Britain Air Display at RAF Ternhill. However, he "came unstuck" when attempting a flat turn at low level at RAF Ternhill; the aircraft went into a spin to starboard, and dived into the ground. As far as is known, the pilot survived with only minor injuries.

Not repaired: Struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) 28.10.49

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.531
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p038.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tern_Hill#Postwar

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