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Date: | Wednesday 7 August 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 22 EFTS RAF |
Registration: | DE466 |
MSN: | 85462 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Teversham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Teversham, Cambridge |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85462: Taken on charge as DE466 at 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire 26.2.42. To 29 MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 5.4.42. To 22 EFTS Cambridge 17.5.42; later (postwar) coded “FJA-F”.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7.8.46; Swung off the runway on take-off run, starboard undercarriage collapsed, and aircraft overturned at RAF Teversham, Cambridge. Struck off charge as Cat.E(FA) 28.8.46
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1978)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.195
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p854.html 5.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_City_Airport#Early_years 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University_Air_Squadron#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Sep-2021 17:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
05-Sep-2021 21:31 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |