ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182436
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| Date: | Saturday 30 April 1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Luftsportclub der Zeppelinstadt Friedrichshafen |
| Registration: | D-EMOR |
| MSN: | 86493 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance, West Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (EDNY) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86493: Taken on charge by the RAF as NM185, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 18.2.44. However. placed into long term storage locally in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxford area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley Oxford for erection [undated, but probably August 1945]. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 8.9.45. To 18 RFS (Reserve Flying School) RAF Fairoaks, Cobham, Surrey 11.10.48, code “RUL-E”. To 25 RFS RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 22.4.50, coded “19”. To 9 MU RAF Cosford 10.2.53 for stroage pending disposal; delivered 13.2.53.
Struck off charge when sold 4.9.53 to A.J. Whittemore [Aeradio] Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK civil Registered as G-AODW (C of R R5066) 9.8.55 to Continental Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon. C of A issued 30.8.55. Registration G-AODW cancelled/lapsed 20.9.55; re-registered 5.10.55 to William Ernest Percival, London W2. Registration G-AODW cancelled 13.3.56 as 'sold to Germany - D-EMOR'.
Registered in West Germany as D-EMOR [allotted 28.12.55] 9.5.56 to Interessengemeinschaft fur Motorflug Regensburg (registered with incorrect identity "MR185"). Re-registered 16.4.57 to Elfi Strumpffabrik KG, Regensburg. Re-registered 7.6.57 to Aircam Flugzeughandel Cukrowskit Memert, Nurnberg. Re-registered 10.9.57 to Luftsportclub der Zeppelinstadt Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen, Lake Constance, West Germany 30.4.60; pilot injured, passenger badly injured. Registration D-EMOR cancelled 3.5.60.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AODW.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p864.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrichshafen_Airport#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2015 20:36 | TB | Added |
| 16-Sep-2021 15:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 09-Dec-2021 19:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2021 19:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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