Date:	Wednesday 26 September 1945
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	18 EFTS RAF
Registration:	DE789
MSN:	85703
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Grove Farm, Scotts Grove Road, Chobham, Woking, Surrey -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey
Destination airport:	RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85703: Taken on charge as DE789 at 9 MU RAF Cosford 22.5.42. To 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 6.7.42

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26.9.45 when engine failed, overshot on landing, and collided with a hedge at Grove Farm, Scotts Grove Road, Chobham, Woking Surrey. No fatalities or injuries reports among the two crew (instructor and pupil pilot under training).

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.9. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p 16)
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p857.html
4. 18 EFTS ORB October 1937-April 1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR 29/619/4: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7160944?descriptiontype=Full&ref=AIR+29/619
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3925-ORB-No-18-EFTS-Fair-Oaks
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20DE789

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Oct-2019 20:38	Dr. John Smith	Added
26-Oct-2019 20:40	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Destination airport]
28-Oct-2019 08:51	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Aug-2021 21:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category]
26-Aug-2021 21:20	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]