Date:	Tuesday 4 November 1941
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	18 EFTS RAF
Registration:	T6054
MSN:	84545
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey (EGTF)
Destination airport:	RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Woking, Surrey (EGTF)

Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84545; Taken on charge as T6054 at 18 EFTS RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 1.5.41.

Written off (destroyed) when crashed at RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 4.11.41. Pilot - Leading Aircraftman Gerald Patrick CAHILL (Service Number 655403, Pilot Under Training, aged 25) - killed.

Not repaired; airframe deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck off charge 11.11.41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E)

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.48)
2. Flight Magazine 18 December 1941 (Pilot listed as KOAS - Killed On Active Service)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/10118: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16998365
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2932915/gerald-patrick-cahill/
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p845.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T6054
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairoaks_Airport#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Mar-2022 17:55	Dr. John Smith	Added
05-Mar-2022 18:41	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]