ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276137
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| Date: | Friday 6 June 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Speke SF RAF |
| Registration: | N6465 |
| MSN: | 3802 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Speke, Speke Hall Avenue, Speke, Liverpool, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Speke, Speke, Liverpool |
| RAF Speke, Liverpool |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3802 (Gipsy Major #80746); Taken on charge as N6465 at 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 9.12.38. To 17 E&RFTS RAF Barton, Salford, Lancashire 9.2.39. To 10 EFTS RAF Yatesbury, Wiltshire 17.9.39. Crashed on landing at Yatesbury. Wiltshire 9.4.40. To DeHavilland for repairs 12.5.40; to 48 MU RAF Hawarden, Cheshire 29.9.40 upon completion of repairs. To RAF Speke Station Flight< Speke, Liverpool 31.5.41.
Written off when hit trees low flying near RAF Speke, Speke Hall Avenue, Speke, Liverpool 6.6.41. Both crew - Pilot Officer R L Spurdle and Pilot Officer C H Arnison - survived, but injured.
Not repaired; deemed "damaged beyond econmic repair" and Struck off charge 12.6.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/6771: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16756068
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p038.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N6465
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_John_Lennon_Airport#Second_World_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2022 21:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Mar-2022 19:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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