ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17219
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| Date: | Friday 8 June 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Air Union Belge |
| Registration: | OO-AAS |
| MSN: | 86286 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moorsele Airfield, Moorsele, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Knokke-le-Zoute, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Moorsele, Wevelgem, Belgium (EBMO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 86286; Taken on charge as NL827 at 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 27.9.43. To 18 RFS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 26.6.47, coded “RCT-Y”. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 13.6.50 for storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 18.10.50 to unidentified party. UK civil registered as G-AMFX (C of R R3049) 7.11.50 to Arthur James Whittemore, Sutton, Surrey, & Roger Antony Peacock, Streatham, London SW.16, t/a A.J. Whittemore & Co, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. C of A not known. Registration cancelled 12.12.50 as 'sold abroad'.
Re-registered in Belgium as OO-AAS (C of R 859) 18.1.51 to Air Union Belge sprl, Knokke-le-Zoute, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium (and delivered in 2.51). Damaged in floods when parked at Knokke-le-Zoute, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium 2.53; repaired and returned to service.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8.6.56 when crashed on landing at Moorsele, Wevelgem, Belgium at the end of a flight from Knokke-le-Zoute, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. Registration OO-AAS cancelled 8.6.56 (same day)
The reported crash location of Moorsele Airfield (ICAO: EBMO) is a recreational airfield located in Moorsele, a village in the municipality of Wevelgem in Belgium at aproximate coordiantes 50°51′10″N, 3°8′50″E
Sources:
1. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMFX.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p862.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorsele_Airfield
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knokke-Zoute_Airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 07:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Apr-2012 13:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2021 15:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Sep-2021 15:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Nov-2022 21:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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