ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276868
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 May 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 26 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | T6032 |
| MSN: | 84195 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Theale, 5 miles south of Reading, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Theale, Reading, Berkshire |
| RAF Theale, Reading, Berkshire |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 84195; Taken on charge as T6032, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 14.2.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Manor Farm, Garsington, Oxfordshire; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably July 1941]. To 26 EFTS RAF Theale, Reading, Berkshire 6.8.41.
Struck by Tiger Moth T6550 (also of 26 EFTS, RAF) and crashed on landing at RAF Theale, 5 miles South of Reading, Berkshire, 19.5.42. The pilots under training involved in the incident are recorded as being two Turkish airmen, plus an RAF instructor. Names are: 2nd Lt N AYDIN (Turkish) in T6032 and 2nd Lt E KONNOLU (Turkish) plus Flying Officer E G PARKIN (RAF) in T6550. Only Aydin is shown as being injured. (It is presumed that the other two were unhurt).
Tiger Moth T6032 was written off as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E) on 24.5.42).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997 p.48)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/25/W2222: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578069
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p841.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T6032
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Reserve_flying_schools#Elementary_Flying_Training_Schools
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Theale
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2022 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Mar-2022 20:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2022 09:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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