ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276324
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| Date: | Friday 13 March 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 25 (P) EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7220 |
| MSN: | 83690 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blidworth, 5 miles East of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire (EGNA) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83690; Taken on charge as T7220 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 8.8.40. To RAF Benson, Oxfordshire 5.11.40. To 1 [P] FTS RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire 23.3.41. To 25 [P] EFTS RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire 7.6.41.
Written off when stalled on practice forced landing and spun into the ground at Blidworth, Nottinghamshire 13.3.42. Pilot - Leading Aircraftsman M Bronisz - survived but injured.
Blidworth is a village and civil parish approximately five miles east of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Struck off charge 20.3.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.58)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/12662: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083412
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p836.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T7220
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blidworth
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2022 15:57 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Mar-2022 19:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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