Date:	Sunday 21 July 1968
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Waveney Flying Group
Registration:	G-APVP
MSN:	85758
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Dulles Farm, Ellingham, Norfolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Seething, Norfolk (EGSJ)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85758; Taken on charge by the RAF as DE873 at 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 16.6.42. To 654 Squadron, RAF Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire 8.42. To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 9.9.42. To 10 FIS (Flying Instructors School), RAF Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 30.1.43. To 26 EFTS RAF Theale, Reading, Berkshire 16.8.44. To 10 FIS (Flying Instructors School), RAF Woodley, Reading, Berskhire 5.7.45. To 16 EFTS RAF Burnaston, Derbyshire 17.4.47. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 18.5.47. To 22 RFS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 26.6.47 coded "RCU-L". To 9 RFS RAF Doncaster, South Yorkshire 29.1.48 coded “RCZ-P”. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 19.9.51 for long-term storage pending disposal

Struck off charge 6.11.53 upon sale to A.J. Whittlemore (Aeradio) Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. Not converted for civil use immediately; stored at Croydon from 11.53 until sold 29.7.59 to Rollason Aircraft & Engines Ltd., Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey, and civil registered as G-APVP (C of R R6669/1). C of A issued 3.9.59.

Registration cancelled/lapsed 7.9.59 when sold to Norwich & Norfolk Aero Club Ltd., Norwich, Norfolk (aircraft based at RAF Swanton Morley); re-registered to them (C of R R6669/2) on 15.9.59. Registration cancelled when sold again 30.3.63 and re-registered (C of R R6669/3) 4.4.63 to James William Hoseason & William Thomas Wix, Trustees of the Assets of the Waveney Flying Group, Lowestoft (aircraft based at Seething, Norfolk). Damaged in crosswind landing at Seething, Norfolk 4.2.68; repaired and returned to service

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed and burnt out on hitting overhead HT cables at Dulles Farm, Ellingham, Norfolk on 21.7.68; pilot killed, aircraft destroyed by fire. Registration G-APVP cancelled same day as aircraft "destroyed"

Ellingham is a civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies approximately 2 miles from Bungay and 4 miles from Beccles.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britin, 1987 p.17)
2. The British Civil Aircraft Register G-APAA to G-APZZ (Bernard Martin, Air Britain, 1978 p.68)
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APVP-1.pdf
4. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APVP-2.pdf
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p857.html
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm
8. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1055451/
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellingham,_Norfolk
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seething_Airfield

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
29-May-2014 23:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
29-May-2014 23:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
30-Dec-2021 16:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category]
30-Dec-2021 16:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]