ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246086
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| Date: | Sunday 23 June 1963 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Diest Aero Club |
| Registration: | OO-EVA |
| MSN: | 85873 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Schaffen AFB, Diest, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Schaffen-Diest Airfield, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (EBDT) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth MSN 85873; Taken on charge as DF124 nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 19.9.42. However, placed into long storage locally in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection 31.3.44. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 24.4.44. To Belgian Training School, RAF Snailwell 23.2.45. Delivered to Schaffen/Diest Airfield 15.6.46. Struck off charge when sold on 19.11.46 to Belgian Government.
To Belgian Air Force as ETA-1 5.47; to T-1 6.47. Withdrawn from use 4.57 & transferred 14.5.57 by Administration des Domaines [Ministry of Finance] to Centre Nationale de Vol a Voile (CNVV), Bruxelles. Registered OO-EVA (C of R 1233) 24.11.58 to Centre National de Vol a Voile asbl (CNVV); loaned to Diest Aero Club, Schaffen-Diest.
Crashed when unreleased tow-rope snagged pole or gate on landing Schaffen-Diest Airfield, 2.1 km North North East of Diest, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 23.6.63; one occupant suffered serious injuries. Repaired and returned to service.
C of A lapsed 5.8.67; stored Schaffen-Diest Airfield, 2.1 km NNE of Diest, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Retained for spares use for Tiger Moth OO-EVE; then [mid 1972] to St Hubert for storage. Registration cancelled 5.4.77. Transferred late 70s to Musee de l’Armee/Royal Military Museum, Brussels. Stored Vissenaken barracks; later [by 4.2016] to Landen barracks, described as 'bare metal frame only'
Sources:
1. AAIU Belgium
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p858.html
4. http://www.demobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=2423
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaffen_Air_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2021 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 24-Sep-2021 22:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 24-Sep-2021 22:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase] |
| 29-Jun-2022 10:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Nov-2022 01:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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