ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276025
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| Date: | Monday 3 November 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 6 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T5381 |
| MSN: | 83148 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile East of Old, near Walgrave, Northamptonshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire (ORM/EGBK) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83148 (Gipsy Major #82909); Taken on charge as T5381 at 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire 11.5.40. To 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 25.9.40.
Written off when hit tree following engine failure on take-off after forced landing 1 mile East of Old, Northamptonshire 3.11.41. Both crew - Pilot Officer J T Howdle (Instructor) and Leading Aircraftsman R A Hine (Pilot Under Training) - survived but injured; Old (previously Wold and before that Wolde) is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England near the village of Walgrave.
Not repaired; deeemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge 9.11.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
NOTE: Some published sources alternatively give the crash location as "4 miles North West of Sywell"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.42)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR81/10043: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16998290
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p831.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T5381
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old,_Northamptonshire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2022 17:48 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Mar-2022 22:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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