ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151388
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| Date: | Monday 3 May 1948 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | VIO Woensdrecht Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | A-42 |
| MSN: | 83367 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Woensdrecht Air Base, Woendrect, Netherlands (WOE/EHWO) |
| Woensdrecht Air Base, Woendrect, Netherlands (WOE/EHWO) |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83367: Built at Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge as T7037 at 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire 27.6.40. To 7 EFTS RAF Desford, Leicestershire 16.11.40. To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 27.7.45 for storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold to Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)) 10.9.46; delivered by sea via Dagenham Docks 12.2.47 on the s.s 'Ponto'. Taken on charge by the Netherland Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)) as A-42 at Woensdrecht; to Fokker 14.12.47 for major inspection; returned to Woensdrecht 31.3.48.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when forced landed and crashed near St Nikolaas, East Flanders, Belgium at 09:30 local time on 3.5.48; pilot Cadet Eimeren killed. Struck off charge 3.5.48
The reported crash location of Sint-Niklaas is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai. Sint-Niklaas is the capital and major city of the Waasland region straddling the East Flanders and Antwerp provinces
Sources:
1. Dutch Tiger Moths / Herman Dekker, 1986
2. Nieuwsblad van Friesland 5 May 1948, p2
3. De Volkskrant 5 May 1948
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Niklaas
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2012 12:14 | harro | Added |
| 04-Jan-2016 19:10 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 04-Jan-2016 19:34 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2020 13:39 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2020 20:10 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Sep-2021 02:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 10-Sep-2021 14:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2022 15:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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