Date:	Tuesday 22 May 1951
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	12 RFS RAF
Registration:	N6729
MSN:	82002
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Filton, Gloucestershire (FZO/EGTG)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82002 (Gipsy Major #80923); Taken on charge as N6729 at 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 24.4.39. To 610 (County of Chester) Squadron 13.12.39; operated by 4 Coastal Patrol Flight, Hooton Park, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire. To 45 MU RAF Kinloss, Morayshire 27.6.40. To 11 EFTS RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 25.2.41. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton 16.8.46 for long term storage. To 12 RFS, RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire 4.1.50, coded “RCB-F”.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22.5.51 when collided with a hedge on take off from RAF Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. No reported injuries to the crew, but the aircraft was deemed "Beyond economic repair" and Struck off Charge as Cat.E2(FA) on 19.6.51.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.114 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.139
4. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II By Peter Forrester
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p820.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Filton_Airport#Post_war
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Reserve_flying_schools#Reserve_Flying_Schools

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Jan-2021 21:55	Dr. John Smith	Added
23-Jan-2021 22:03	Werich26	Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]
04-Oct-2021 21:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
04-Oct-2021 21:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Category]
05-Oct-2021 17:51	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]