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Date: | Saturday 12 May 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 15 RFS RAF |
Registration: | T7358 |
MSN: | 83668 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Redhill Aerodrome, Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Redhill, Nutfield, Redill, Surrey (EGKR) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83668; Taken on charge as T7358 at 39 MU RAF Colerne, Wiltshire 30.9.40. To RAF Duxford 6.11.40; returned to 39 MU RAF Colerne 14.2.41. To 24 EFTS RAF Luton, Bedfordshire 13.5.41; to 47 MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 2.42.To RAF Rochester, Kent 3.46. To 24 RFS RAF Rochester, Kent 26.6.47, coded "RCV-S". To 15 RFS RAF Redhill, Surrey 5.4.48, coded "RCD-F"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12.5.51 when hit a glider-launching winch cable after take off and spiralled into ground at RAF Redhill, Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey. No reported injuries to the crew. Formally Struck off Charge as Cat.E2(FA) 15.5.51.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.113 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.137
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p836.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redhill_Aerodrome#RAF_Redhill Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jan-2021 22:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
23-Jan-2021 10:18 |
Rata |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
03-Oct-2021 23:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
04-Oct-2021 09:17 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |