Date:	Wednesday 11 April 1951
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	25 RFS RAF
Registration:	DE568
MSN:	85535
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Badger Heath Farm, near Ackleton, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire (EGOE)
Destination airport:	RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85535; Taken on charge as DE568 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenedham, Wiltshire 23.3.42. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 21.6.42. Crashed [presumed at Booker] 11.4.44; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 19.4.44. To 39 MU RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 15.5.44 upon completion of repairs. To 25 RFS RAF Pendeford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 18.11.49, coded “RCW-J”.

Written off (destroyed) 11.4.51 when the aircraft flew into over HT Power lines while on a low flying training sortie at Badger Heath Farm, near Ackleton, Shropshire. No reported injuries to the crew

The reported crash location of Badger is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about six miles north-east of Bridgnorth. Badger Parish is at grid map reference SO 768 995 [approximate coordinates 52°35′31.2″N, 2°20′31.2″ W]. The boundaries of the parish contain the village of Badger, one side of Badger Dingle, and Badger Heath Farm. It is approximately 2.7 km at its widest point.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.112 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.127
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p855.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger,_Shropshire

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jan-2021 00:59	Dr. John Smith	Added
19-Jan-2021 10:54	Dr.Roup	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
03-Oct-2021 22:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
03-Oct-2021 22:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category]
04-Oct-2021 09:15	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]