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Date: | Friday 18 May 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Cardington SF RAF |
Registration: | T5375 |
MSN: | 83142 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83142 (Gipsy Major #83053): Taken on charge as T5375 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhamptonm, Gloucestershire 9.5.40. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 22.1.41. To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 2.10.46. To 8 RFS RAF Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 12.2.48. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire [undated, but probably late 1948]. To RAF Cardington Station Flight, Cardington, Bedfordshire 13.4.49
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18.5.51 when swung off the runway on take off and ran into ditch at RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire. No reported injuries to the crew. The Tiger Moth was Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(G/I) on 18.5.51 and relegated to Ground Instructional Airframe 6868M. To RAF Manby 6.6.51 for ground instrictionsl use. Struck off charge as Cat.5(scrap) 8.12.52
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/p831.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardington_Airfield#Post_airship_use Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jan-2021 22:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
19-Feb-2021 10:03 |
Gerard76 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
04-Oct-2021 15:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
05-Oct-2021 17:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |