ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275987
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 October 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 6 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T6027 |
| MSN: | 84175 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Warren Farm, Stony Stratford, near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire (ORM/EGBK) |
| RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire (ORM/EGBK) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84175; Taken on charge as T6027, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 5.2.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Rockley Farm, Cumnor, Oxfordshire; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection 2.7.41. To 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 15.7.41.
Written off 22.10.41 when stalled whilst lost, and crashed at Warren Farm, Wolverton Road, Stony Stratford, near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. Pilot - Leading Aircraftsman F E Smith - survived but injured.
Not repaired; deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge 30.10.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.48)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/9767: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16998014
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p841.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T6027
6. http://wolvertonpast.blogspot.com/2012/04/wolverton-farms-19th-and-20th-centuries.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Stratford
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2022 20:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Feb-2022 09:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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