Date:	Tuesday 2 September 1941
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	1 EFTS RAF
Registration:	N6662
MSN:	80891
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire (EGTH)
Destination airport:	RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire (EGTH)

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3966 (Gipsy Major #80891); Taken on charge as N6662 at 19 MU RAF St Athan, South Glamorgan 20.4.39. To 6 E&RFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 5.9.39. Unit renamed 6 EFTS after ourbreak of war 3.9.39. Seriously damaged when collided with Tiger Moth N6708 over Sywell, Northamptonshire 14.1.41. Both crew - Flying Officer A P Lines (Instructor) and Leading Aircraftman R F Hough (Pilot Under Training) - survived but were injured. To Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 21.1.41. To 1 EFTS Hatfield 16.3.41 after completion of repairs.

Written off when collided with Tiger Moth N9500 (also of 6 EFTS) and crashed near Hatfield, Hertfordshire 2.9.41. Both crew - Sergeant John David HAINSWORTH RAF VR (Service Number 1379349, Instructor) and Leading Aircraftman Austen Kenneth BROWN RAF VR (Service Number 656640, Pilot Under Training) - killed. The pilot of Tiger Moth N9500 - Leading Aircraftman William MOORE (Service Number 103331, Pilot Under Training, flying solo) - was also killed.

Tiger Moth N6662 was Struck off charge on 8.9.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. Accident 2.9.41: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/8796: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924638
3. Accident 14.1.41: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/43294: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16689032
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2408574/john-david-hainsworth/
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2716805/austen-kenneth-brown/
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p039.html
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N6662
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield_Aerodrome#Wartime

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Feb-2022 03:10	Dr. John Smith	Added
24-Feb-2022 03:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative]
24-Feb-2022 10:28	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Feb-2022 21:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
26-Feb-2022 21:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
28-Feb-2022 09:27	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]