ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276533
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| Date: | Friday 13 February 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 25 (P) EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | R4919 |
| MSN: | 82842 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Annesley Park, near Annesley, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire (EGNA) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82842 (Gipsy Major #82724); Taken on charge as R4919 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 23.2.40. To 1 EFTS RAF Hatfield, Hertfordshire 20.9.40. Crashed 3.11.40 at Hatfield; pilot -Leading Aircraftman V D Croft - survived but was injured, Airframe recovered by (and to) 54 MU RAF Teversham, Cambridge 4.11.40. To Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 10.11.40; to 38 MU RAF Llandow, Glamorgan 16.1.41 after repairs completed. To 25 [P] EFTS RAF Westwood, Peterborough, Cambridegshire 12.6.41; moved with unit to RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire in 7.41.
Written off when crashed into trees at Annesley Park, near Annesley, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 13.2.42. Aircraft reportedly stalled while undertaking a forced landing. Pilot - Leading Aircraftsman J Korolu (Polish National) - survived but was injured
Struck off charge 23.2.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E). Annesley is a village and civil parish in the Ashfield district, in Nottinghamshire, England, located between Hucknall and Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
2. Crash 13.2.42: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/12136: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17082886
3. Crash 3.11.40: National Archives (PRO Kew) Filre AIR81/4075: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688173
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p828.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R4919
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annesley_Hall,_Nottinghamshire#20th_and_21st_century
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annesley
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2022 17:18 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Mar-2022 19:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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