ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193433
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| Date: | Sunday 4 December 1955 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Bengal Flying Club |
| Registration: | VT-DBZ |
| MSN: | 84258 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal -
 India
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Calcutta (Kolkata) Airport, Dum Dum, West Bengal, India (VECC) |
| Barrackpore Air Force Station, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India (VEBR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84258; Taken on charge as T7883 nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 6.2.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Rockley Farm, Cumnor, Oxfordshire; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection 29.6.41.To 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 11.7.41. Crashed 28.7.41 [presumed at Sywell]; to De Havillands at Witney, Oxfordshire for repair 30.7.41. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard 6.9.41 after reapairs complete. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 26.8.45.
Struck off charge when sold 26.4.46 to Royal Aero Club, London [also shown as "Presumed Struck Off Charge" 26.10.47]. UK civil registered as G-AHRU (C of R 10290) 28.5.46 to Airwork Flying Club Ltd, Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey (but actually based at Langley/Denham in Buckinghamshire). C of A 7844 issued 30.8.46. Registration G-AHRU cancelled 11.2.49 as 'sold abroad to India by W.S. Shackleton Ltd'.
Re-registered in India VT-DBZ 13.7.49 to The Bengal Flying Club Ltd, Calcutta (Kolkatta)/Barrackpore, West Bengal, India. Aircraft based at Calcutta (Kolkata) Airport, Dum Dum, West Bengal, India, and later at Barrackpore Air Force Station, Barrackpore, West Bengal, India.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when spun in while performing aerobatics during parade of National Cadet Corps 4.12.55. Pilot and passenger killed. Registration VT-BDZ cancelled 31.1.56
Sources:
1. Diário de Lisboa 4 December1955, p1
2. South East Asia Civil Aircraft Registers, Air Britain
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p842.html
5. https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Accidents/listing.php?qyear=1955&qacid=2&qt=YR
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrackpore_Air_Force_Station
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2017 15:12 | TB | Added |
| 09-Feb-2017 15:13 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2019 16:47 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2020 12:52 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 24-Oct-2021 15:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 24-Oct-2021 15:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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