ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275168
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| Date: | Thursday 10 May 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 29 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | DF116 |
| MSN: | 85865 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Shalbourne, about 3 miles southwest of Hungerford, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire |
| RAF Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85865; Taken on charge by the RAF as DF116, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 14.9.42. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection 13.3.44. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 29.3.44. To 29 EFTS RAF Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire 25.8.44.
Written off (destroyed) when flew into ground low-flying near Shalbourne, about 3 miles southwest of Hungerford, Berkshire 10.5.45. (Two days after "V-E Day" on 8.5.45, which marked the end of WW2 in Europe; the 8th and 9th of May 1945 were marked as official holidays). Both crew - Flight Sergeant J R Taylor (AUS.433630) and Sgt D R Louden (1570270) survived uninjured. Flt Sgt Taylor was subsequently charged with unauthorised low flying and tried by Court Martial. On 7.6.45 he was found guilty, reduced to the ranks and sentenced to 56 days’ detention.
Identity used in the late 1990s for rebuild of a Tiger Moth airframe, assembled by C F Strecker in South Africa from UK components (although the connection to Tiger Moth DF116 - if any - is unclear).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987 p.19)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p858.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=DF116
5. https://dunxc2.wixsite.com/pypard/aircraft-listing
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Clyffe_Pypard
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Reserve_flying_schools
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalbourne
History of this aircraft
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| 19 December 2007 | ZS-OCS | Andre Bradshaw | 1 | near Bethlehem, Free State |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Feb-2022 14:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Feb-2022 19:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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