Date:	Friday 20 April 1951
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	9 RFS RAF
Registration:	R4856
MSN:	82788
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Thorne Moorends, near Thorne, South Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82788 (Gipsy Major #82655); Taken on charge as R4856 at 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire 25.1.40. To RAF Ternhill Station Flight 29.7.41. To 15 EFTS RAF Carlisle, Cumberland 30.6.42, coded "75". To Taylorcraft, Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 30.6.43. To 19 FTS RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire [undated, but after 5.45]. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 10.4.47. To 22 RFS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 26.6.47. To 9 RFS RAF Doncaster, South Yorkshire 29.1.48, coded “RCZ-O"

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20/4/1951 when crashed at Thorne Moorends, near Thorne, South Yorkshire. The pilot allowed the airspeed to decay during a turn, and the aircraft stalled, and dived into the ground. No reported injuries to the crew.

Remains of Tiger Moth R4856 Struck of Charge as Cat.E2(FA) 20.4.51

Moorends is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Lincolnshire at approximate co ordinates 53.6333°N 0.95°W. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It is part of the civil parish of Thorne, which lies to the south.

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 R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.130
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p827.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorends
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Doncaster#Post_Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Jan-2021 00:35	Dr. John Smith	Added
15-Feb-2021 10:22	Dr.Roup	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
03-Oct-2021 22:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
04-Oct-2021 09:15	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]