ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276484
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| Date: | Monday 13 April 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FIS RAF |
| Registration: | R5204 |
| MSN: | 83066 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stoulton Railway Bridge, near Littleworth, Worcestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Perdiswell, Worcester |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83066 (Gipsy Major #83294); Taken on charge as R5204 at 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 19.4.40. To 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 13.11.40. To 4 EFTS RAF Brough, East Yorkshire 31.3.41. To 6 FIS (Flying Instructors School) RAF Staverton, Gloucestershire 8.12.41; moved with unit to RAF Perdiswell, Worcester 4.42.
Written of when collided with HT wires and crashed into a barn on farm near Stoulton Railway Bridge, near Littleworth, Worcestershire 13.4.42. Pilot - Sergeant S Sollitt - survived but was injured.
Struck off charge as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E) 13.4.42. Note that the official file at the National Archives at Kew (File AIR81/13434 - see link #2) states "Sergeant S Sollitt: injured; Tiger Moth R5204, 6 Flying Instructors School, aircraft accident near Whittingdon [sic], Worcester, 13 April 1942". "Whittingdon" is presumed to be Whittington, 3 miles North North-West of Stoulton, Worcestershire. Other published sources give the crash location as Littleworth, Worcestershire, which is 2 miles to the west of Soulton
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/13434: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17206071
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p830.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R5204
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1942.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoulton_railway_station
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoulton
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittington,_Worcestershire
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littleworth,_Worcestershire
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2022 16:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Mar-2022 19:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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