ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275989
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| Date: | Friday 26 September 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 21 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T5981 |
| MSN: | 84132 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Potters Row, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Booker, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84132; Taken on charge as T5981, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 12.1.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Eyles & Eyles Garage, Headington, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection 11.7.41. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 19.7.41.
Written off 26.9.41 when Undershot and stalled in forced landing at Potters Row, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. Pilot - Leading Aircraftman E J Smith - survived but injured.
Not repaired; deemed "damaged beyond econmic repair" and Struck off charge 3.10.41 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 81/9251: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997498
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=T5981
6. https://www.ukcitymap.com/potter-row-adj-info-040000002679.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Missenden
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2022 20:30 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Feb-2022 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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