ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266780
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| Date: | Saturday 7 November 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 1 EFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ788 |
| MSN: | 83386/DHNZ38 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Outram LG, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Taieri, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (NZTI) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83386. Fuselage built at Cowley UK, shipped to DH New Zealand unassembled & without engine. Assembled at DH New Zealand with local MSN DHNZ.38, and taken on charge by RNZAF as NZ788 at Rongotai 6.12.40. To 1 EFTS, Taieri [4.42-11.42].
Written off (destroyed) when collided with Tiger Moth NZ733, while practicing forced landings, and crashed at Outram Landing Ground, near Taieri 7.11.42; Pilot of Tiger Moth NZ788, LAC R Whisker survived, having parachuted to safety.
Tiger Moth NZ788 was written off the books at Taieri on 27.11.42 as reduced to produce.
Outram is a rural suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located 28 kilometres west of the central city at the edge of the Taieri Plains, close to the foot of Maungatua. The Taieri River flows close to the southeast of the town. Outram lies on State Highway 87 between Mosgiel and Middlemarch.
Sources:
1. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzdh82.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p833.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pNZ0.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outram,_New_Zealand
6. https://steemkr.com/history/@len.george/de-havilland-dh-82a-tiger-moth-nz730-to-nz798-1939-to-1956
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2021 00:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Aug-2021 11:54 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2022 02:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location] |
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