ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66435
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| Date: | Sunday 22 April 1962 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Marshall's Flying Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHXN |
| MSN: | 82339 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Caxton, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Teversham, Cambridge (EGSC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82339 (Gipsy Major #82075); Taken on charge by the RAF as N9244 at 27 MU RAF Shawbury, Shropshire 4.10.39. To 4 EFTS RAF Brough, East Yorkshire 24.8.40. Crashed 12.12.40; aircraft was being flown on a basic training flight by a pilot flying solo, on landing the starboard wing collided with the port wing of another aircraft that was already on the ground at Brough airfield. Both aircraft sustained damage. Pilot - LAC William Walter Hughes RAFVR (1257674). To Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 15.12.40. To 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire 1.3.41 upon completion of repairs. To 613 Squadron, RAF Firbeck 12.3.41; moved with unit to Doncaster, South Yorkshire 7.41; then to Twinwood Farm, Bedfordshire 4.42; RAF Ouston, Northumberland 8.42; RAF Wellingore 3.43; RAF Clifton 5.43; RAF Snailwell 7.43. To RAF Ibsley 9.10.43. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 11.2.44 for long term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 7.5.46 to Royal Aero Club, London. UK civil registered as G-AHXN (CofR 10434/1) 22.7.46 to Cambridge Aero Club Ltd, Cambridge. CofA 8156 issued 28.3.47. Registration cancelled/lapsed 18.12.47 and re-registered (C of R10434/2) on 5.1.48 to Marshalls Flying School Ltd, Cambridge. New C of R No.R2071/2 issued 1950. Registration cancelled/lapsed 1.4.52 and re-registeredv (C of R R2071/3) on 9.4.52 to Marshalls Flying Services Ltd, Cambridge; fleet No.4. Badly damaged on landing at Teversham, Cambridge 28.7.57; repaired and returned to service.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled and crashed at Caxton, Cambridgeshire 22.4.62. Caxton is a small rural village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is 9 miles west of the county town of Cambridge. Registration G-AHXN cancelled 23.5.62 as 'destroyed'.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/n9244.html
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHXN.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p823.html
5. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/79838-tiger-moths-at-marshalls-cambridge-yesterday
6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/articles/2008/01/25/tiger_moth_70_feature.shtml
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_City_Airport#Early_years
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caxton,_Cambridgeshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2009 12:34 | VHKDK | Added |
| 04-Feb-2012 18:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2021 15:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 18-Dec-2021 18:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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