ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233900
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| Date: | Monday 29 July 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Roy Eric Webb |
| Registration: | G-ANMP |
| MSN: | 86126 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langstone Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86126; Taken on charge as EM943 at 29 MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 31.5.43. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 8.6.43. To 19 FTS RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire 15.6.45. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 10.4.47. To 22 RFS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 26.6.47, coded “RCU-Q”. To 14 RFS RAF Hamble, Hampshire 13.4.50, coded “RCL-G”. To 2 Grading School, RAF Digby, Lincolnshire 20.1.51 coded “16”. Unit renamed Airwork Grading Unit 15.1.52; unit became 1 Grading Unit 9.6.52. Ferried to 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 10.3.53 for storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 18.11.53 to W A Rollason Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK civil registered as G-ANMP (CofR R4419/1) 22.1.54 to AJ Whittemore (Aeradio) Ltd, Croydon. Ferried to Croydon painted as Trans Penine "Klipa Klapt". Sold 22.7.55 to Continental Aircraft Services Ltd and registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale. Airframe still extant at Croydon Airport in 12.55. Re-registered (C of R R4419/2) on 19.12.56 to Roy Eric Webb, Botley, Hampshire; operated by Southern Air Services, Eastleigh. C of A A4419 issued 25.7.57. Sold 7.57 to Portsmouth Aero Club [but not re-registered to them].
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on mudflats in Langstone Harbour, off Portsmouth, Hampshire 29.7.57. Registration G-ANMP cancelled 6.8.57 as 'destroyed'
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANMP.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p861.html
4. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15949.0
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm
6. https://www.maremagnum.com/libri-antichi/tiger-moth-11-em943-rcu-q-22-rfs-air-to-air/139443867
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langstone_Harbour
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2020 21:27 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Nov-2021 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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