ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186818
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| Date: | Thursday 30 November 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Tatmadaw Lei (Burmese National Air Force) |
| Registration: | N6802 |
| MSN: | 82072 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yangon Airport, Rangoon (Yangon) -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yangon Airport, Rangoon (Yangon)(RGN/VYYY) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82072 (Gipsy Major #80975): Taken on charge by the RAF as N6802 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 11.5.39. To Communications Squadron, RAF Andover, Hampshire 11.9.39, and to Amiens/Montjoie, France with Air Component Field Force Communications Squadron; redesignated 81 Squadron 27.11.39. To 49 MU Faygate, Horsham, West Sussex [undated, but probably after 15.6.40 when 81 Squadron withdrawn from France to the UK] [unit probably misrecorded since Faygate only dealt with salvage].
To Southern Aircraft, Gatwick for repairs 5.6.42; to 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 6.7.42. To 1424 Flight, RAF Larkhill, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 24.8.42; reformed as 43 OTU 1.10.42; to RAF Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire 19.11.42. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 30.4.43. Major inspection 19.6.43; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 22.6.43; to 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 31.7.43 after repairs complete.
To 47 MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 18.8.47 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. To Birkenhead Docks 30.9.47; despatched to Rangoo, Burma on 4.10.47 on the s.s 'Martaban'; arrived 13.11.47. To Tatmadaw Lei (Burmese National Air Force) by 1.48
Written off (damaged beyond repair) due to twisted fuselage on or by 30.11.50 after inspection at Yangon Airport, Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar). Reportedly awaiting write off and scrapping in 6.51.
Note: Tatmadaw Lei (Burmese National Air Force) serial - if one was applied - not known (should have been in the UB-1** series). Exact date and location of write off presumed but not confirmed.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p820.html
2. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-eastasia/burma/burma-af-aircraft.htm
3. http://81squadron.com/Aircraft%20Serial%20Nos..htm
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon_International_Airport#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2016 19:11 | TB | Added |
| 04-Jan-2021 22:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2021 00:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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