ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234005
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| Date: | Sunday 24 April 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHWB |
| MSN: | 85710 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Abbots Barton, NE of Winchester, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire (EGHO) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85710; Taken on charge as DE812, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 19.9.42. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford, for erection 13.3.44. To 1 Radio School, RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire 29.3.44. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 3.5.46 for long-term storage pending disposal
Struck off charge when sold 14.6.46 to Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble, Hampshire. First civil registered (C of R 10846/1) on 18.6.46 as G-AHWB. Sold on and re-registered four times between June 1946 and August 1953, as follows
18.06.46: First civil registered (C of R 10846/1) as G-AHWB to Air Service Training Ltd., Hamble, Hampshire.
24.07.46: C of A 8081 issued
05.12.52: Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale
09.12.52: Sold on and re-registered (with new C of R R2181/2) to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd., Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire
10.12.52: (next day!) Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale
02.01.53: Sold on and re-registered (C of R R2181/3) to Southern Flying Schools Ltd., Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Probably operated by Portsmouth Aero club
14.07.53: Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale
10.08.53: Sold on and re-registered (C of R R2181/4) to the Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd., Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire
24.04.55: Written off (destroyed) when crashed near Winchester. According to a contemporary report (see link #1): "G-AHWB Tiger Moth ran out of fuel and destroyed through striking tree when making a forced landing at Abbots Barton near Winchester, Hants, on April 24, 1955". Abbotts Barton is a village in Hampshire, England. The settlement is a suburb of Winchester, and is located approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-east of the city centre.
01.06.55: Registration G-AHWB cancelled due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: British Civil Aviation News 27 Aug 1955
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1987 p.16)
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHWB.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p857.html
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
6. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15910.0
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotts_Barton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2020 20:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-May-2020 20:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2021 23:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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