ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265929
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| Date: | Monday 24 June 1946 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 6 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7442 |
| MSN: | 3971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire (EGBK) |
| RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire (EGBK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth: Taken on charge as T7442 nominally at 15 MU Wroughton 12.10.40; however, stored ‘in purgatory’ at the Riding School, Walton Street, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford [undated, but probably in October 1941] for erection. To 5 MU Kemble 6.11.41. To 6 EFTS (Elementary Flying Training School), RAF Sywell 17.2.42.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26.6.46 when collided with a parked Tiger Moth on landing at RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire. The pilot left the decision on overshooting his landing approach until very late, When the throttle was opened the aircraft swung off the runway and collided with Tiger Moth N6667 (also of the resident 6 EFTS)
Tiger Moth N6667 was repaired and returned to service by 28.6.47. Tiger Moth T7442 was not repaired, and struck off charge 22.8.46 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E). There are no reports of the pilot of Tiger Moth T7742 being injured.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.42 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.152
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.100: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p838.html
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sywell_Aerodrome#Second_World_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jul-2021 19:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Jul-2021 17:31 | ET44 | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2023 02:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Time, Operator, Operator]] |
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