ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276021
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 September 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 4 AS SAAF |
| Registration: | SAAF 2206 |
| MSN: | 84446 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Putfontein, district of Ekurhuleni, Benoni, Guateng -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84446; Taken on charge as T8134 and shipped direct to South Africa 28.4.41. Taken on charge by SAAF, probably as '2206'. To 4 Air School, SAAF, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa. According to the file at the National Archives at Kew (File AIR81/9180 - see link #2); "Second Lieutenant A F Quincy (SAAF), Aircraftman E Hughes: killed; aircraft accident at Putfontein, South Africa, Tiger Moth 2206, 4 Air School Benoni, 17 September 1941"
Crew of Tiger Moth SAAF 2206:
Second Lieutenant Norman Fitzgerald GUINEY, SAAF (Instructor, Service Number 103444, aged 22)
Aircraftman 1st Class Ernest HUGHES RAF VR (Pilot Under Training, Service Number 1064231, aged 28)
NOTE: Various published sources give differing locations for the crash site. The file at the National Archvies at Kew (File AIR 801/9180 - see link #2) states that the Tiger Moth crashed at Putfontein. The South African War Gaves Project (see links #10 & #11) gives the crash crash location as Rietfontein, Benoni. Air Britain sources (see link #5) gives the crash location as Bultfontein.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1997 p.67)
2, National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/9180: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997427
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/990968/n-f-guiney/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/990969/ernest-hughes/
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p844.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=SAAF%202206
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/saaf/saaf-training-organisation/
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Commonwealth_Air_Training_Plan_facilities_in_South_Africa
10. http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=8892
11. http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=8892
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2022 16:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Mar-2022 20:42 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
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