ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246074
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Centre National de Vol a Voile (CNVV) |
| Registration: | OO-EVR |
| MSN: | 85875 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Charleroi Airport, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Gosselies, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium (EBCI) |
| Gosselies, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium (EBCI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 85875: Taken on charge by the RAF as DF126, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 2.10.42. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Downs Farm, Witney, Oxfordshire; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxfrodshire for erection 3.2.44. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 24.2.44. To 234 Squadron, RAF Aldermaston, Berkshire 3.7.44. To 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 5.6.45. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 19.3.46. To RAF Pershore, Worcestershire 20.3.47. Returned to 8 MU RAF Little Rissington 17.4.47 for storage pending disposal.
Sold to Belgian Air Force 24.6.47 as 'T-31'. Fitted with Gipsy Major #88949/A28560. To EPE, Gossoncourt [by 3.50]. Fatal crash Gossoncourt/Goetsenhoven, Belgium 23.3.50. Wreck to Arsenal/Evere 28.6.50; repaired/rebuilt and returned to service. Withdrawn from use in 1956. Transferred 14.5.57 by Administration des Domaines [Ministry of Finance] to Centre Nationale de Vol a Voile (CNVV), Bruxelles. Civil regsitered OO-EVR (C of R 1234) 24.11.58 to Centre National de Vol a Voile asbl (CNVV), St Hubert (later Gosselies). Fitted with Gipsy Major #80405.
Damaged 23.4.61 when crashed on take off from Gosselies, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium; repaired and returned to service
Destroyed at Gosselies, Belgium 18.8.64 when Lockheed F-104G 'FX-66' crashed into the hangar where the Tiger Moth was parked, and the aircraft was destroyed in the subsequent hangar fire. Registration OO-EVR cancelled 29.12.64
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p.18)
2. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p858.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_South_Charleroi_Airport#Early_years
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 August 1964 | OO-EVR | Centre National de Vol a Voile (CNVV) | 0 | Charleroi Airport, Hainaut | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2021 22:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Dec-2021 23:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2021 23:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 00:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Nov-2022 23:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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