ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275615
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| Date: | Saturday 13 January 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Risalpur SF RAF |
| Registration: | T1778 |
| MSN: | 82580 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, British India. -
 India
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (OPKT) |
| RAF Risalpur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (OPRS) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82580 (Gipsy Major #81607); CofA 6678 issued 28.6.39 to Delhi Flying Club, Dehli, India. Indian civil registered as VT-ALE (CofR 376) 14.4.39 to Delhi Flying Club Ltd. Registration VT-ALE cancelled 11.11.39 and impressed into military service as T1778 31.10.39. Operated initially by the Initial Training School (Officers)/27 Squadron, RAF Risalpur, India. To RAF Risalpur Station Flight early 1940.
Written off (destroyed) when stalled and spun into the ground, following steep climb after take-off from RAF Kohat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, British India 13.1.40. Both crew killed.
Crew of Tiger Moth T1778:
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Tony Malcolm Tinker, RAF 34254, 27 Squadron, age 24, KIAS 13/01/1940
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Frederick William Whyte, RAF 338170 (Australia), 27 Squadron, age 32, KIAS 13/01/1940
(KIAS - Killed In Active Service). Both crew were interred in the Karachi War Cemetery, Karachi, Pakistan. At the time of this incident (1940) Kohat was in British India; it became part of Pakistan after the partition of India in 1947.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-1.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2178580/tony-malcolm-tinker/
6. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2178624/frederick-william-whyte/
7. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vt-aaa.pdf .
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1768-Two-27-Sqdn-casualties-13-01-1940-Pakistan&p=9235#post9235
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1768-Two-27-Sqdn-casualties-13-01-1940-Pakistan/page2&p=9318#post9318
10. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1768-Two-27-Sqdn-casualties-13-01-1940-Pakistan/page2&p=116902#post116902
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohat#British
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAF_Base_Kohat
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force_Academy#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2022 21:09 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Feb-2022 21:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2022 21:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2022 21:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 17-Feb-2022 21:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2022 10:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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