ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276507
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| Date: | Monday 1 June 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 15 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7676 |
| MSN: | 84065 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oughterby, Allerdale, Cumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kingsdown, Carlisle, Cumberland |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84065; Taken on charge as T7676, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 9.12.40. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Eyles & Eyles Garage, Headington, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford in 11.41 for erection. To 45 MU RAF Kinloss 10.12.41. To 15 EFTS RAF Kingsdown, Carlisle, Cumberland 8.2.42.
Written off when hit HT power cables during practice forced landing; crashed and destroyed by fire at Oughterby, Allerdale, Cumberland 1.6.42. Both crew - Pilot Officer R R Thomson and Pilot Officer J O Lyle - survived but were injured
Struck off charge 8.6.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). The crash location of Oughterby is a hamlet in the Allerdale district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is near the city of Carlisle and the village of Kirkbampton.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.62)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/14732: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17386231
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p840.html
5. https://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Aircraft%20Serials/Training%20-%20Pilot.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oughterby
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2022 20:00 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Mar-2022 11:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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