ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 271384
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Date: | Thursday 30 May 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (Sk11A) |
Owner/operator: | F1 Hässlö Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) |
Registration: | Fv 513 |
MSN: | 45 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Västerås, Västerås Municipality, Västmanland County -
Sweden
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hässlö, Blekinge archipelago, Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County |
Destination airport: | Västerås (Västmanland). Sweden |
Narrative:de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (Sk.11A) MSN 45 (Gipsy Major #5856). Taken on charge by Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet) as '6513'; to Stabens Flygavdelning, Barkarby 14.6.35. To Fv 513, 10.35; coded ‘6-14’then ‘6-22’. Fitted [5.37] with Gipsy Major #5857. Fitted [4.38] with Gipsy Major #5858. To F 8 Barkarby 6.10.38; coded ‘8-83’; now fitted with Gipsy Major #5857. Fitted 9.40 with Gipsy Major #5858.
Re-coded ‘8-64’ [3.41]. To F 1 Hasslo, Blekinge archipelago in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden 2.4.41; coded ‘1-83’ [5.46]. Fitted [5.46] with Gipsy Major #8412.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing 30.5.46 at Västerås (Västmanland), Sweden.
Struck off charge 23.8.46.
ASJA built 23 Tiger Moths for the Swedish Air Force; 3 were designated Sk.11 (DH.82 equivalent with Gipsy III) and 20 Sk.11a (DH.82A equivalent with Gipsy Major).
Västerås is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, 100 kilometres west of Stockholm.
Sources:
1.
https://riksarkivet.se/psidata/flygvapenhaverier 2.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pSwe.html 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4ster%C3%A5s 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassl%C3%B6 Revision history:
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