ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276530
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| Date: | Friday 13 March 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 21 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7092 |
| MSN: | 83477 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Longwick, 1 mile North West of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Booker, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83477; Built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge as T7092 at 11 EFTS RAF Perth/Scone, Perthshire 2.7.40. To 13 EFTS RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 19.7.40; moved with unit to RAF Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire 12.40. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 2.6.41.
Written off when hit HT cables and crashed near Longwick, 1 mile North West of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire 13.3.42. Both crew - Lieutenant J A Edwards (Kings Own Scottish Borderers) and Pilot Officer A Hannay - survived but were injured
Struck off charge 18.3.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). Longwick is a village in Wycombe district about 1 1⁄4 miles northwest of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire on the A4129 road. With Ilmer, Owlswick, Meadle and Horsenden, it forms the civil parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer which was created in 1934.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain. 1997 p.57)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/12671: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083421
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p834.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T7092
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwick
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2022 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Mar-2022 19:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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