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Date: | Friday 22 March 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 16 FU RAF |
Registration: | PG620 |
MSN: | 86529 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Buc, Yvelines 78 -
France
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | RAF Dunkeswell, Honiton, Devon |
Destination airport: | Buc, Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86529: Taken on charge as PG620, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 15.3.44. However, placed into long term storage locally in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably 9.45]. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington 11.10.45. To 16 Ferry Unit, RAF Dunkeswell, Honiton, Devon 31.1.46 and ferried to French Air Force (L'Armee De L'air) 8.3.46.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22.3.46 when wrecked in a gale while parked out on the airfield at Buc, Yvelines department, Île-de-France on delivery. (Buc is located some 20 km south-west of central Paris and 3 km south of Versailles). Struck off charge as Cat.E 31.3.46.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd p.33. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Haley, Air Britain, 1978)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.102
4.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p865.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buc,_Yvelines Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Sep-2021 01:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
04-Sep-2021 01:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
04-Sep-2021 01:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
04-Sep-2021 04:50 |
DandyF. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |