ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186924
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| Date: | Sunday 6 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 224 Gp CF RAF |
| Registration: | Z-02 |
| MSN: | 82875 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal. -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82204 (Gipsy Major #81090): Taken on charge as N6966 by 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron, RAFVR, RAF Ringway, Manchester 13.7.39. To 24 MU Ternhill 27.10.39. C of A 6809 issued 5.3.40 to Director General India Stores Dept. Civil Registered in Burma as XY-AAC on 5.3.40. To 52 MU Pengam Moors 6.6.40 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped to India 2.8.40. Impressed into Burmese Volunteer Air Force by 1942 (probably earlier: one source states 12.40); probably as '5' later Z-0002. Later re-serialled Z-02. To 224 Group Comm Flight RAF at Dum Dum, Calcutta (by 4.42).
Written off 6.9.42 when crashed Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India.
(Note – identity based on Gipsy Major #81090. Presumed struck off RAF charge at census 1.1.47).
The reported crash location of Asansol is a metropolitan city in the Indian state of West Bengal. Asansol is the district headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district, at approximate coordinates 23°40′48″N, 86°59′24″E
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p828.html
3. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-eastasia/burma/burma-bvaf-aircraft.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_XY-.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asansol
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2016 15:57 | TB | Added |
| 19-Jan-2018 18:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2021 22:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 16-Aug-2021 11:45 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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