ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275640
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| Date: | Sunday 29 December 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 3 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7019 |
| MSN: | 83287 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Watchfield, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Watchfield, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Watchfield, Oxfordshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83287; built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge as T7019 at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 14.5.40. To 3 EFTS RAF Watchfield, Oxfordshire 8.9.40. 3 EFTS from RAF Hamble were present at Watchfield for a short time arriving 20.7.40 until at least 1.41
Written off when crashed 29.12.40, probably near RAF Watchfield, Oxfordshire; pilot under training Leading Aircraftman John Kenneth Sewell (Service Number: 1183317 aged 25) killed. Sergeant W E Kimmings injured in a collision between Tiger Moth T7019 and Tiger Moth T5378. Note: LAC Sewell was in Tiger Moth T7013, and Sgt Kimmings was in Tiger Moth T5378
Tiger Moth T7019 was not repaired; deemed "damaged beyond econmic repair" and Struck off charge 6.1.41.
(Tiger Moth T5378 (MSN 83145) was sent to DeHavilland's for repairs on 3.1.41; it returned to service, was sold off in 1953 to become G-ANPZ, later to New Zealand as ZK-BFX, then to the USA as N99108. It was Badly damaged when crashed during low aerobatics 5 miles South of Orland, California 5.6.85)
Note: Reports that Tiger Moth G-AOIM was formerly T7019 are incorrect. That Tiger Moth was ex-T7109 (MSN 83536).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/4710: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688808
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2350194/john-kenneth-sewell/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p832.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=109421
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2252-401229-Unaccounted-airmen-29-12-1940&highlight=SEWELL&p=11659#post11659
8. https://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1940/Casualties_1940_12_3.htm
9. http://www.hamblelocalhistory.hampshire.org.uk/Airfield.htm
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Watchfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2022 01:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Feb-2022 01:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2022 10:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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