ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276418
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 May 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | TFU RAF |
| Registration: | R4947 |
| MSN: | 82855 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile North East of Bransgore, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hurn, Bournemouth, Dorset |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82855 (Gipsy Major #82710); Taken on charge as R4947 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 23.2.40. To Special Duties Flight, RAF Christchurch 22.10.40. To 5 MU, RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 15.2.41. To 'C' Flight, 93 Squadron, RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire 28.3.41. Reformed as Fighter Experimental Establishment, Middle Wallop 23.4.41 (formal transfer 31.5.41); unit bsorbed into Telecommunications Flying Unit, RAF Hurn, Bpurnemouth, Dorset 1.8.41.
Written off when dived into the ground 1 mile North East of Bransgore, Hampshire, 26.5.42 after controls jammed in flight. Both crew - Sergeant J M McNicholas (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant R W A Marriott - survived but injured.
Struck off charge 30.5.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britian, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/14521: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17386020
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p828.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R4947
6. https://deffordairfieldheritagegroup.wordpress.com/aircraft-at-defford/aircraft-at-defford/
7. https://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bransgore
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2022 13:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Mar-2022 20:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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