ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276501
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| Date: | Saturday 23 May 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 10 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | R4894 |
| MSN: | 82811 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Elmstone Hardwicke, 1 mile South of RAF Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| RAF Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82811 (Gipsy Major #82741); Taken on charge as R4894 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 13.2.40. To 10 EFTS, RAF Weston-super-Mare, Somerset 14.10.40; moved with unit to RAF Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 9.41.
Written off when spun in on landing and crashed at Elmstone Hardwicke, 1 mile South of RAF Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 23.5.42. Pilot - Flight Sergeant P Nolen (Free French Air Force) - survived but injured
Struck off charge 30.6.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
NOTE: The official file at the National Archives at Kew (File AIR81/14475 - see link #2) mis-records the serial number of the Tiger Moth involved as "R9894" [sic]
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/14475: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17385974
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=R4894
6. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmstone_Hardwicke
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Stoke_Orchard#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2022 19:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Mar-2022 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 15-Mar-2022 11:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Mar-2022 14:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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