ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66115
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 February 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wiltshire School of Flying |
| Registration: | G-AMBI |
| MSN: | 86426 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Down End Farm, Stourpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire (EGHO) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86426; Taken on charge by the RAF as NL994 at 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 15.1.44 coded “12”, later “FIV-D”; later “FIV-L”. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 21.11.49 and struck off charge as Cat.E to be reduced to scrap and components. Brought back on charge 6.2.50 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire.
Struck off charge (for the second time) when sold 10.5.50 to Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd. UK civil registered as G-AMBI (C of R 15016/1) on 5.5.50 to The Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd, Thruxton. New C of R No R2491 issued 1950. C of A 10896 issued 1.8.50. Badly damaged in heavy landing at Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire 6.12.50; repaired and returned to service.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when forced landed and overturned at Down End Farm, Bushes Road, Stourpaine, Blandford Forum, Dorset 14.2.61. Stourpaine is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the valley of the River Stour in the North Dorset administrative district, three miles northwest of Blandford Forum.
Registration G-AMBI cancelled 6.7.61 as 'destroyed'.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMBI.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p864.html
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1096969/
6. https://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stourpaine
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2009 03:40 | VHKDK | Added |
| 29-Apr-2012 04:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2021 23:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Dec-2021 23:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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