ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17220
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| Date: | Thursday 31 October 1963 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroclub van Brasschat vzw, |
| Registration: | OO-EVC |
| MSN: | 85651 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brasschaat AFB, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Brasschaat, Antwerp, Belgium (EBBT) |
| Brasschaat, Antwerp, Belgium (EBBT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 85651; Taken on charge by the RAF as DE721, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 30.7.42. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection 24.3.44. To 691 Squadron, RNAS Roborough, Plymouth, Devon 21.4.44; moved with unit to RAF Harrowbeer. Devon 2.45. To 24 EFTS RAF Sealand, Flintshire 31.5.45. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire16.7.45. To Belgian Training School, RAF Snailwell 7.1.46.
Struck off chaerge when sold 19.11.46 to Belgian Goverment and delivered to Schaffen/Diest. Taken on charge by Belgian Air Force as ETA-17 5.47; to T-17 6.47. To EPE, Schaffen/Diest [by 8.49]. Crashed at Schaffen/Diest 23.8.49; repaired. To EPE, Gossoncourt [by 4.50]. Crashed at Goetsenhoven 17.4.50; repaired and returned to service. To Arsenal/Evere 20.6.51; to Stampe et Renard same day for overhaul. Fitted with Gipsy Major #87409/A249783.
Transferred 14.5.57 by Administration des Domaines [Ministry of Finance] to Centre Nationale de Vol a Voile (CNVV), Bruxelles. Belgian civil registrered as OO-EVC (C of R 1150) on 14.8.57 to Centre Ecole National de Vol a Voile asbl (CNVV); loaned to Aeroclub van Brasschat vzw, Brasschaat.
Written off (destroyed) in a fatal crash at Brasschaat Airfield, Belgium in a landing accident on 31.10.63. (Brasschaat Airfield is an airfield located 4 kilometres north of Brasschaat, Antwerp, Belgium). Registration OO-EVC cancelled 31.12.63
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1987 p.16)
2. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p856.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasschaat_Airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 07:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Feb-2012 16:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2021 02:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 25-Jun-2022 21:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Nov-2022 22:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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