Date:	Wednesday 17 September 1941
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	17 EFTS RAF
Registration:	N6595
MSN:	3896
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	83 Willesden Avenue, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridegshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3896 (Gipsy Major #80824); Taken on charge as N6595 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 14.2.39. To 43 E&RFTS, RAF Woolsington, Northmberland 23.5.39. To 22 EFTS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 15.10.39. Crashed 25.6.41. To Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 26.6.41. To 17 EFTS RAF Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 19.8.41 upon completion of repairs.

Written off (destroyed) when top wing broke off in dive; crew bailed out, aircraft abandoned and crashed onto the home of Mr. E. Goodson at 83, Willesden Avenue, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 17.9.41. According to a local history source (see link #6)

"Perhaps only loosely related to Westwood Works but a serious event affecting the homes of Baker Perkins workers - in September 1941, an RAF aircraft crashed on the home of Mr. E. Goodson at 83, Willesden Avenue. There were a few narrow escapes for people on the ground but no-one was seriously hurt. The trainee pilot and his instructor bailed out and were unhurt".

The crew - Pilot Officer H H Chandler (Instructor) and Aircraftsman K T Ashfield (Pilot Under Training) - survived but both were slightly injured. Tiger Moth N6565 was Struck off charge 30.9.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E)

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/9123: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924965
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/20/W1108: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6577321
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p038.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N6595
7. http://www.westwoodworks.net/howitwas/westwoodworksinww2/02.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Peterborough
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Reserve_flying_schools#Elementary_Flying_Training_Schools

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Feb-2022 02:47	Dr. John Smith	Added
24-Feb-2022 10:28	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
09-Mar-2022 15:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
09-Mar-2022 19:00	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]