ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275612
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| Date: | Friday 11 October 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 18 RFS RAF |
| Registration: | R5132 |
| MSN: | 83014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey (EGTF) |
| RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey (EGTF) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83014 (Gipsy Major #82806); Taken on charge as R5132 at 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 5.4.40. To 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 3.5.40.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when undershot on landing at RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 11.10.40; aircraft wing hit trees, and dived into the ground at a low altitude. Pilot - Leading Aircraftman J P Fletcher - survived but injured.
Not repaired; deemed "damaged beyond econmic repair" and struck off charge 19.10.40 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/3727: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16687825
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p830.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R5132
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairoaks_Airport#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2022 19:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Feb-2022 22:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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