ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276560
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| Date: | Thursday 16 April 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 25 (P) EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7972 |
| MSN: | 84325 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blidworth, 5 miles East of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire (EGNA) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83651; Taken on charge as T7972 nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 27.2.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Severalls Farm, Wallingford, Oxfordshire; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably September 1941]. To 25 [P]EFTS RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire 2.10.41
Written off when collided with Tiger Moth T7185 at 800 feet and crashed at Blidworth, 5 miles East of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire16.4.42. Pilot - Porucznik (Flying Officer) Stanisaw WALCZAK (Polish Air Force, Wireless Operator Under Training, Service Number P/0334, aged 30) - killed. Kapral Stefan PLISZKE (Polish) in Tiger Moth T7185 was also killed (see separate entry)
Struck off charge 20.4.42 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.66)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/13497; https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17206134
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7504481/stanisaw-walczak/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p843.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T7972
7. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?s=87050&q=28%20Sqd%20RAF&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_type=&search_only=
8. http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1942/Casualties_1942_04-6.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blidworth
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2022 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Mar-2022 08:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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