Date:	Thursday 18 October 1951
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Coltishall SF RAF
Registration:	N9429
MSN:	82423
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire (EGXU)
Destination airport:	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk (EGYC)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82483 (Gipsy Major #82201); Taken on charge as N9429 at 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 18.11.39. To 9 EFTS RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire 13.5.40. To 15 EFTS RAF Carlisle, Cumberland 3.4.44, later coded "FIJ-D". To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 12.12.47. To RAF Leuchars Station Flight 24.7.50. To RAF Coltishall Station Flight 17.7.51

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18.10.51. This Tiger Moth was based at RAF Coltishall (as part of the Station Flight), and was taking off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse for a flight back to base. On the take off run, the Tiger Moth drifted off the runway, collided with a parked item of construction machinery (a concrete mixer) and was wrecked. No reported injuries to the crew.

Formally Struck off Charge as Cat.5(s) on 31.10.51

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.117 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.184
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p824.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Linton-on-Ouse#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Feb-2021 21:29	Dr. John Smith	Added
19-Feb-2021 10:00	Gerard76	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
07-Oct-2021 00:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
08-Oct-2021 21:59	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]