ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151401
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| Date: | Friday 27 May 1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Zweefvliegclub Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | A-6 |
| MSN: | 86629 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Terlet Airfield, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Terlet Airfield, Terlet, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands (EHTL) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86629; Taken on charge by the RAF as PG743, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 24.7.44. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably June/July 1945]. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 12.7.45. To RAF Pershore 20.7.46; despatched to Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)) 26.7.46.
Taken on charge by Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)) as A-6 at Woensdrecht. To Fokker for major inspection 16.2.48; returned to Woensdrcht 7.5.48. To Fokker for major inspection 27.4.49; returned to Woensdrecht 9.6.49. To Twenthe 9.2.55.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit jeep on take-off at Terlet Airfield, Terlet, 2.5nm North of Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands 28.5.60; pilot Vroom. To DVVM-2 Gilze-Rijen 12.10.60 for disposal and struck off charge 16.1.61.
Sold (for 310 Dutch Florins) to W Kruithof, Deventer & stored in shed pending possible rebuild jointly with Mr Bosman. Probably scrapped but possibly sold to P van de Plas, Hardinxveld-Giessendam in July 1961. In the event, Mr P Van de Plas scrapped all of the three Tiger Moths he had in storage by 1965. The three Tiger Moths were: A-6 (MSN 86629, ex-RAF PG743), A-15 (MSN 83449, ex-RAF T5814) and A-41 (MSN 83751 ex-RAF T7405)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-PZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. Dutch Tiger Moths / Herman Dekker, 1986
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p866.html
5. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-d/701-dehavilland-dh-82-tiger-moth-uk?start=2
6. https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-d/vliegtuigen-d-dehavil-dh82
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terlet_Airfield
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2012 12:32 | harro | Added |
| 30-Apr-2019 19:53 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 30-Apr-2019 19:53 | Cobar | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 08-Dec-2020 13:20 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Dec-2021 23:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Jun-2022 06:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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