ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268072
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 March 1981 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | John P Galpin |
| Registration: | ZK-BFG |
| MSN: | 82302 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rotorua Airport, Rotorua -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rotorua Airport, Te Ngae Road, Ōwhata, Rotorua , New Zealand (NZRO) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH-82a Tiger Moth MSN 82032 (Gipsy Major #80952); Taken on charge by the RAF as N6754 at 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 28.4.39. To 47 E&RFTS RAF Doncaster, South Yorkshire 11.7.39. To 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 15.10.39. Crashed 17.8.40 (presumed at Fairoaks); to Taylorcraft at Rearby, Leicestershire for repairs 27.9.40. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 3.1.41 upon completion of repairs. To 17 EFTS RAF North Luffenham, Rutland 4.2.41; to RAF Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in July 1941. To 15 EFTS RAF Carlisle, Cumberland 26.5.42 coded "85". To 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 3.10.45. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 21.6.46. To 22 RFS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 26.6.47 operated by Cambridge UAS (Univerrsity Air Squadron) coded "RUC-C". To 17 RFS RAF Hornchurch, Essex 5.4.50 coded "RCJ-W", later "33". To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 8.8.52 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 24.10.53 to Association of British Aero Clubs. UK civil registered as G-ANFB (C of R R.4174/1) 9.10.53 to Wolverhampton Aviation Ltd, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. C of A issued 28.10.53. Registration cancelled 5.2.54 and re-registered (C of R R.4174/2) on 23.2.54 to Muir & Adie Ltd, Croydon Airpport, Croydon, Surrey. Registrartion G-ANFB cancelled 1.3.54 as 'sold to New Zealand'.
Re-registered in New Zealand as ZK-BFG 8.4.54 to Waikato Aero Club, Rukuhia, Hamilton. C of A issued 29.4.54. Re-registered 10.2.61 to G R Moore, Tauranga. Re-registered 4.4.67 to John P Galpin, Te Puke. Destroyed by fire in Pacific Aviation hangar fire at Rotorua Airport, Te Ngae Road, Ōwhata, Rotorua on night of 31.3.81/1.4.81. Four other aircraft also destroyed.
Parts stored [by 2.2000] by John Galpin, 216 Pongakawa Station Road, Te Puke. Owner died in early 2000s and registration ZK-BFG cancelled 7.12.2009 as WFU ("Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. AHSNZ, 1981, Newsletter 3.
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p823.html
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANFB.pdf
6. DH82A ZK-BFG at Pukekohe Racecourse 13.3.1977: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000072469.html
7. https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/117926
8. https://houser747.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/zk-dec-09.pdf
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotorua_Airport#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Sep-2021 22:11 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 11-Jan-2022 01:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 21-Jan-2022 19:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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