ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80635
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| Date: | Saturday 4 September 1965 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Essex and Suffolk Gliding club |
| Registration: | G-AOIN |
| MSN: | 3964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wattisham, near Stowmarket, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk (EGUW) |
| RAF Wattisham, Suffolk (EGUW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3964 (Gipsy Major #80877); Taken on charge by the RAF as N6660 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 31.3.39. To 1 EFTS RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire 23.9.40. Crashed 1.7.41 (presuned at Hatfield); to DeHavilland for repairs 3.7.41. To 30 MU RAF Sealand 7.8.41 [stored or perhaps used as communication 'hack']. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 12.6.46. To RAF Henlow Station Flight 7.2.51. Returned to 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 29.4.54 for storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) when sold as parts 13.10.54 to W A Rollason Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK civil registered as G-AOIN (C of R R5278/1) 13.1.56 to Alan Henry Jones, Harrow; David Bennicke Hart, Maidenhead & Henry Turner Armstrong, London W1 (aircraft based at Thruxton, Andover, Hampshire). C of A issued 16.3.56. Registration cancelled/lapsed 22.10.56 and re-registered (C of R R5278/2) on 20.11.56 to Leonard William Hartle, Street, Somerset [aircraft based at Elstree, Hertfordshire]. C of A lapsed 16.3.60.
Registration cancelled/lapsed 27.2.61 and re-registered (C of R R5278/3) on 22.3.61 to Richard Eric Rudd, Streatham London SW2 (aircradft based at Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent). Registration cancelled 16.9.61; delivereed by road to Hurn for rebuild 18.9.61 and re-registered (C of R R5278/4) 26.9.61 to Arthur Henry John Vickers, Sutton, Surrey. Registration cancelled/lapsed 20.9.62 and re-registered (C of R R5278/5) on 7.11.62 to Plymouth Airport Ltd & Plymouth Aero Club Ltd, Roborough, Plymouth, Devon. Registration cancelled/lapsed 22.5.65 and re-registered 2.7.65 to Lionel Frederick Collins, John Osborne & Eric Richards, Colchester, Trustees of The Assets of Essex & Suffolk Gliding Club.
Written off (destroyed) when spun into the ground and crashed at RAF Wattisham, near Stowmarket, Suffolk 4.9.65 when the glider being towed (Rhonlerche BGA.1031) failed to release. Registration G-AOIN cancelled 20.10.65 as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOIN-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOIN-2.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p039.html
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm
7. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1361915/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wattisham#1946%E2%80%931975
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2010 12:48 | VHKDK | Added |
| 29-Apr-2012 20:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2013 20:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Dec-2021 03:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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