Incident de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AIZF,
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Date:Friday 21 February 1964
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:Farm Aviation Ltd
Registration: G-AIZF
MSN: 83412
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Oldfield Farm, Gayton, Northamptonshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:Sywell Aerodrome, Hall Farm, Sywell, Northamptonshire (EGBK)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83635; Taken on charge by the RAF as T7169 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 31.7.40. To 9 EFTS RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire 13.11.40. To 4 EFTS RAF Brough, East Yorkshire 28.2.41. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 3.8.45 for long-term storage pending disposal.

Struck off charge when sold 18.4.46 to Marshalls of Cambridge. UK civil registered G-AIZF (C of R 11099/1) 23.12.46 to Marshalls Flying School Ltd, Cambridge; (registered with MSN "83412"(sic) - no explanation for this; MSN 83412 was T5697, still with the RAF until sold as scrap 19.12.49). CofA 8847 issued 6.6.47. Registration cancelled/lapsed 11.9.48 and re-registered (C of R 11099/2) 14.9.48 to Midland Bank Flying Club Ltd, London EC2. Registration cancelled/lapsed 7.10.49 and re-registered (C of R 11099/3) 11.7.50 to William Alfred Webb, East Sheen, London SW14 (aircraft based at Croydon). Registration cancelled/lapsed 14.9.50 and re-registered (C of R 11099/4) 16.9.50 to Herbert Martin Woodhams, Kenilworth (based Baginton). New CofR No R82/1 issued 16.9.50. Converted mid-1952 by Armstrong-Whitworth at Bagointon, Coventry to have coupe top.

Registration cancelled/lapsed 10.9.56 and re-registered (C of R R82/5) 13.9.56 to Coventry (Civil) Aviation Ltd, Baginton. Registration cancelled/lapsed 9.1.57 and re-registered (C of R R82/6) 10.1.57 back to Herbert Martin Woodhams, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed 9.5.57 and re-registered (C of R R82/7) 20.5.57 to Jack Shapiro, London N8; operated by Aviron Flying Club, Panshanger, Hertfordshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed 1.7.57 and re-registered (C of R R82/8) 11.7.57 to Aviron Ltd, Panshanger.

Registration cancelled/lapsed 22.7.58 and re-registered (C of R R82/9) 30.7.58 to Agricultural Aviation Co Ltd, Panshanger, Hertfordshire and converted to crop-sprayer. Registration cancelled/lapsed 22.12.59 and re-registered (C of R R82/10) 19.1.60 to Geoffrey Charles Beckwith, Michael Anthony Pruden & William (Bill) Spencer Bowker, t/a Farm Aviation, Rush Green.

Damaged when struck trees while spraying Eversholt, Bedforshire 29.7.60; repaired and returned to service. Registration cancelled/lapsed 29.6.60 and re-registered 26.9.60 (same day) to Farm Aviation Ltd, Wellbury Farm, Hitchin, Herfordshire. Owners location changed to Wigmore Hall Farm, Warden End, near Luton, Bedfordshire 4.10.62

Damaged when overturned on take-off while crop spraying near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 30.7.61; repaired and returned to service.

Substantially damaged when crashed near Whitstable, Kent 4.7.63; repaired and returned to service. Whitstable is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in southeastern England, 5 miles north of Canterbury and 2 miles west of Herne Bay.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed following steep stall turn while crop spraying at Oldfield Farm, Gayton, Northamptonshire 21.2.64. Gayton is a rural village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Northampton town centre. The village is situated on a hill close to the larger villages of Bugbrooke, Milton Malsor and Blisworth

Registration G-AIZF cancelled 2.4.64 as PWFU ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use"). Wreckage dumped at Rush Green, Hertfordshire (see link #8)

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIZF-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIZF-2.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIZF-3.pdf
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p834.html
7. Various photos of Tiger Moth G-AIZF 1952-1965: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AIZF
8. Wreckage dumped at Rush Green in 1965: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1510877
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayton,_Northamptonshire

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 July 1963 G-AIZF Farm Aviation Ltd 0 Whitstable, Kent sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Jul-2009 21:03 VHKDK Added
24-Apr-2012 12:29 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Dec-2021 22:35 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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