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Date: | Tuesday 14 October 1941 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 10 EFTS RAF |
Registration: | T7344 |
MSN: | 83870 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Evesham, Worcestershire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83870; Taken on charge as T7344 at 46 MU RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire 19.9.40. To 11 EFTS RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 10.12.40. To 8 EFTS RAF Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 27.7.41. To 10 EFTS RAF Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 3.10.41.
Written off when struck telegraph pole while low flying, and crashed near Evesham, Worcestershire 14.10.41. Both crew - Pilot Officer R A Hobbs (Instructor) and Leading Aircraftsman D G Griffiths (Pilot Under Training) - survived, but were injured.
Not repaired; airframe deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge 25.10.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.60)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/9620:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16997867 3.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p838.html 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T7344 6.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1941.htm 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Stoke_Orchard#History 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Reserve_flying_schools 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evesham Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Mar-2022 16:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
05-Mar-2022 18:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |