Date:	Tuesday 15 July 1947
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	2 EFTS RAF
Registration:	DP262
MSN:	DHA.373
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Banar RLG, Banar, Rājputhana -   India
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Chakeri, India
Destination airport:	RAF Banar RLG, Banar, Rājputhana, India
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN DHA.373 (Gipsy Major #162).Built by DH Australia at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. Shipped 5.41 to RAF Depot Karachi. Civilian Registered as VT-AQH on 29.8.41 to the Goverment of India. Impressed into military service as DP262 by 10.41. (Civil Registration VT-AQH belatedly cancelled 5.7.43). Taken on charge at 2 EFTS Jodhpur [by 1.43-1.47]. To Chakeri, India [in 1947] after rebuild.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15.7.47 when stalled and crashed on landing at RAF Banar RLG (Relief Landing Ground), Banar, Rājputhana, India. The aircraft stalled while recovering from a side slip prior to landing. The aircraft had approached RAF Bana RLG at too high an altitude, and had gone into a slide slip manoeuvre in an attempt to lose altitude quickly on the approach. The aircraft then struck the ground before the pilot could recover from the side slip.

Not repaired; Struck off charge as Cat.E2(FA) on 25.9.47.

The reported crash location of Banar, Rājputhana, meaning "Land of the Rajputs", was a region in India that included mainly the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, as well as parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and some adjoining areas of Sindh in modern-day southern Pakistan.

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9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajputana

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Sep-2021 20:28	Dr. John Smith	Added
09-Sep-2021 08:31	Angel dick one five	Updated [Operator, Operator]