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Date: | Tuesday 1 July 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Dyce SF RAF |
Registration: | T7737 |
MSN: | 84119 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeen (EGPD) |
Destination airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeen (EGPD) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84119; Taken on charge as T7737, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 28.12.40. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Laytons Garage, Bicester, Oxfordshire; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford, 9.6.41 for erection. To RAF Leeming 17.6.41. To Dishforth Station Flight, RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire 2.8.41. To RAF Topcliffe Station Flight [by 31.12.42]. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 15.11.44. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 1.8.45 for long-term storage. To RAF Dyce, Aberdeen 26.5.52 for use by the Station Flight
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1.7.52, in a take off accident at RAF Dyce, Aberdeen. Swung on takeoff and hit another parked Tiger Moth (R5241). Tiger Moth T7737 overturned and was damaged beyond repair. No reported injuries to the crew of either aircraft.
Damaged airframe recovered to 63 MU RAF Carluke where Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(scrap) 17.7.52
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.129 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.264
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p841.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 6. Photo of Tiger Moth R5241 (the other aircraft involved):
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1349475 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_Airport#Early_years Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Mar-2021 14:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
08-Apr-2021 15:52 |
Heil |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
07-Oct-2021 23:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
08-Oct-2021 22:02 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |