ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276816
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| Date: | Monday 4 May 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 25 (P) EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T7742 |
| MSN: | 84124 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woodclose Farm, Baulk Lane, near Kneesall, Newark, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire (EGNA) |
| RAF Ossington, Ossington, Nottinghamshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84124; Taken on charge as T7742, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 6.1.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Beechcroft, Woodstock, Oxfordshire; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably June 1941]. To 25 [P] EFTS RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire 5.7.41.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when en route between RAF Hucknall and RAF Ossington (both in Nottinghamshire) the Tiger Moth hit HT cables and crashed/destroyed by fire at Woodclose Farm, Baulk Lane, near Kneesall, Newark, Nottinghamshire 4.5.42. Of the two crew (both Polish nationals) one was killed, one survived but with serious injuries.
Crew of Tiger Moth T7742:
Plutonowy (Corporal) Józef KUCHTA (P/793936) PAF - killed in active service 4.5.42
Plutonowy (Corporal) S Zawadski (P/781696) PAF- survived but seriosuly injured
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.64)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/13993: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17206630
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7503787/jozef-kuchta/
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p841.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T7742
7. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=232557
8. https://listakrzystka.pl/en/kuchta-jozef/
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?25385-1942-Unaccounted-Airmen-Database-Reconciliation/page3&p=147054#post147054
10. https://zestate.co.uk/address/Woodclose-Farm-Baulk-Lane-Kneesall-NEWARK-Nottinghamshire-NG22-0AA/18185438/
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hucknall_Aerodrome#The_Second_World_War
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Ossington
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2022 17:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Mar-2022 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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