ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276047
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 September 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Merchant Ship Fighter Unit RAF |
| Registration: | R5077 |
| MSN: | 82972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haddon Lane, Burton, Wirral, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Speke, Speke Hall Ave, Speke, Liverpool |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82972 (Gipsy Major #82867); Taken on charge as R5077 at 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 1.4.40. To Merchant Ship Fighter Unit, RAF Speke, Liverpool 22.7.41.
Written off when spun into the ground while low flying at Haddon Lane, Burton, Wirral, Cheshire 10.9.41. Both crew injuried, but survived. According to the file at the National Archives (File AIR81/9003 - see link #2): "Pilot Officer A V Sanders RAF VR and Lieutenant R Cline (Royal Navy): injured; aircraft accident at Burton, Wirral, Tiger Moth R5077, Merchant Ship Fighter Unit, RAF Speke, 10 September 1941"
Not repaired; deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge 18.9.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E)
The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (MSFU) was a Royal Air Force operational aircraft unit based at RAF Speke, in south Liverpool. The MSFU was formed at Speke on 5.5.41 and provided detachments to 35 Catapult Aircraft Merchant ships (CAM ships), each vessel being equipped with one Sea Hurricane plus an RAF pilot and support crew. It was disbanded in early 1943 when small 'escort' aircraft carriers became available.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/9003: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924845
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p829.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R5077
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Ship_Fighter_Unit
7. https://www.streetlist.co.uk/ch/ch64/ch64-5/haddon-lane
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2022 00:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Mar-2022 22:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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