ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204472
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 December 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 11 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | BB685 |
| MSN: | 3429 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bathepburn, near Elcho Castle, 4 miles SE of Perth, Perthshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Perth/Scone Airfield, Perth, Perthshire |
| Perth/Scone Airport, Scone, Perthshire |
First civil registered (C of R 6403) on 23.10.35 as G-ADVP to Airwork Ltd., Heston (aircraft based at Perth/Scone Airfield, Perth, Perthshire). C of A 5178 issued 8.1.36. Issued to 11 E&RFTS, Perth which was formed at Perth by Airwork Ltd under contract with the Air Ministry in January 1936. Damaged when hit telegraph wires in forced landing while lost 16.11.37; repaired and returned to service. 11 E&RFTS became No 11 EFTS (Elementary Flying Training School) when hostilities commenced on 3.9.39 and there was no longer a Reserve.
Civil registration G-ADVP cancelled 14.11.40 when impressed into military service as BB685. Aircraft remained with 11 EFTS.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23.12.42 when collided with Fairey Swordfish K8407 of 9 (P) AFU, Errol, Perthshire, at Bathepburn, near Elcho Castle, four miles south east of Perth, Perthshire. All three crew - two in the Tiger Moth and one in the Swordfish were killed.
Crew of Tiger Moth BB685:
LAC (Pilot U/T) Kenneth Bell HUNTER (1672053) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (Pilot Instructor) Robert Baxter NEILSON (1370210) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft BA100-BZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p 18)
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2623749/hunter,-kenneth-bell/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2715634/neilson,-robert-baxter/
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADVP.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7577&styleid=3
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p034.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elcho_Castle
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2018 14:30 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Oct-2018 21:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-May-2019 19:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2019 15:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2021 20:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 16-Aug-2021 22:07 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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