ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275546
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| Date: | Friday 5 July 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 10 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | N9210 |
| MSN: | 82327 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Manton Down, near Marlborough, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Yatesbury, Wiltshire |
| RAF Yatesbury, Wiltshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82327 (Gipsy Major #82040); Taken on charge as N9210 at 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire 13.9.39. To 10 EFTS RAF Yatesbury, Witlshire 14.5.40.
Written off (destroyed) when spun into ground off low loop at Manton Down, Wiltshire and destroyed by fire 5.7.40. Pilot, Leading Aircraftman George Grant Milne RAF VR (Service Number 968031, aged 19) killed. Manton is a small village in Wiltshire, England, on the western outskirts of Marlborough just off the A4 Bath Road.
Struck off charge 11.7.40
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/2354: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471866
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p823.html
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2710566/milne,-george-grant/
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=94357
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2022 00:36 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Feb-2022 11:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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