ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 312600
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth. |
| Owner/operator: | Cie Generale d’Exploitation Aeronautique (COGEA) SA |
| Registration: | OO-TMA |
| MSN: | 85754 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Berlaar, Arrondissement of Mechelen, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Keerbergen, Belgium |
MSN 85754: Taken on charge by the RAF as DE856 at 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 16.6.42. To 654 Squadron, Old Sarum, Wiltshire 8.42. To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 9.9.42. To 10 FIS (Flying Instructors School), RAF Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 13.12.42. To 7 FIS (Flying Instructors School/CFS) RAF South Cerney 7.5.46; coded "FDL-J". Damaged 7.10.47; to 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 19.11.47 for damage assessment and repairs
Not repaired; Struck off charge when sold 8.4.48 to Aircraft & Engineering Services Ltd, Croydon. Civil Registered as G-AKXB (C of R 12287) 10.4.48 to Surrey Financial Trust Ltd, Croydon. Registration cancelled 15.9.48 and re-registered 22.9.48 to Aircraft & Engineering Services Ltd, Croydon (once more). C of A 10191 issued 7.10.48. Registration cancelled 13.10.48 as 'sold abroad'.
Re-registered in Belgium as OO-TMA (C of R 790) 30.11.48 to Cie Generale d’Exploitation Aeronautique (COGEA) SA, Keerbergen. C of A lapsed 14.8.51.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20.5.53: The aircraft was seriously damaged during an emergency landing in a field at Berlaar, Arrondissement of Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium.
Stored/under repair Keerbergen [7.53]. Not repaired; Registration OO-TMA cancelled 5.11.54 at COGEA’s request as 'not to be restored'.
Berlaar is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Berlaar proper and Gestel.
Sources:
1. Book: Het verdronken vliegveld van Keerbergen.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987)
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKXB.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p857.html
5. https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=108857
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlaar
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2023 16:15 | Roberto | Added |
| 19-Oct-2023 13:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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