ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183706
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| Date: | Saturday 28 November 1964 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Club Gelnhausen |
| Registration: | D-EKUL |
| MSN: | 84186 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gelnhausen Airfield, Hesse, West Germany -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gelnhausen Airfield, Hesse, West Germany (EDFG) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84186; Taken on charge by the RAF as T7808, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 21.1.41. However, placed into long term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Archer Cowley Ltd, Park End Street, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably August 1941]. To 20 EFTS RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire 20.8.41. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 13.12.41, coded ‘83’. To 22 RFS, RAF Teversham Cambridge 26.6.47. To 18 RFS Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 16.12.47; operated by London UAS, coded “RUL-F”. To 241 OCU RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire 20.5.50. Absorbed into 242 OCU RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire 16.4.51. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 10.2.55 for storage pedning disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 7.10.55 to Darlington & District Aero Club, Croft Aerodrome, North Yorkshire. UK civilian registered as G-AOEE (C of R R5075) 24.8.55 to Darlington & District Aero Club Ltd, Croft Aerodrome, North Yorkshire. C of A issued 2.3.56. Registration cancelled 21.3.56 as 'sold to Germany - D-EKUL'.
Re-registered in Germany as D-EKUL [allotted 19.4.56] 18.4.57 to Aeroclub Furth. Re-registered 8.60 to Aircam, Herzogenaurach. Re-registered 10.3.61 to Aero Club Gelnhausen, Gelnhausen, Hesse, West Germany
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when collided on take-off with parked glider at Gelnhausen, Hesse, West Germany 28.11.64. Registration D-EKUL cancelled 15.10.65. Reportedly under repair in 10.71, but later abandoned and broken up for spares
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AOEE.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p841.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. https://airportguide.com/airport/info/EDFG
5. https://www.aeroclub-gelnhausen.de/flugplatz-gelnhausen/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2016 19:07 | TB | Added |
| 20-Sep-2021 19:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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