Date:	Wednesday 5 December 1951
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	MC CS RAF
Registration:	T6445
MSN:	84799
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Cranwell, Byards Leap, Cranwell, Sleaford, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Andover, Hampshire (EGWA)
Destination airport:	RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire (EGYD)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84799; Taken on charge as T6445 at 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 15.7.41. To 15 EFTS RAF Carlisle, Cumerland 9.6.42. To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 3.10.45. To HQ Maintenance Command Communications Squadron, RAF Andover, Hampshire ‘on loan’ 31.5.50.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5.12.51. The aircraft drifted off the runway and flew into trees while landing in strong crosswinds at RAF Cranwell, Byards Leap, Cranwell, Sleaford. As far as is known, the crew were uninjured. Formally Struck Off Charge 9.1.52.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.122 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.184
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p847.html
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1951
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Communication_units
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Andover#1945_to_1977

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Feb-2021 18:45	Dr. John Smith	Added
17-Feb-2021 20:46	Fanda	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
07-Oct-2021 17:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
08-Oct-2021 22:00	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]