ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277069
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 July 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 13 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | L6928 |
| MSN: | 3568 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire (EGLM) |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3568 (Gipsy Major #80009); Taken on charge as L6928 at de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd/1 E&RFTS Hatfield, Hertfordshire 1937. To 13 E&RFTS RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire in 1938 (or possibly delivered new to 13 E&RFTS at White Waltham). Unit renamed 13 EFTS upon outbreak of war 3.9.39.
Written off (Destroyed) in a bombing raid at RAF White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 3.7.40. According to a local history website (see link #4)
"So, it [White Waltham Airfield] was bombed in July 1940 and one man was killed and several injured. 7 Tiger Moth trainer biplanes were destroyed and operations briefly had to move to relief airfields in Bray and Waltham St Lawrence but at the time the airfield was home to an RAF elementary flying school and to the expanding air transport auxiliary..."
Remains of Tiger Moth L6928 to 4 MPRD (Metal Produce Recovery Department) Cowley, Oxfordshire 8.7.40 for scrapping. Struck off charge 9.7.40 as Cat.E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1979 p.47)
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html
4. http://windsormuseum.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/VE-Day-in-the-Royal-Borough_75-Years-on_Podcast_Transcription.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Waltham_Airfield#Operational_history
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2022 22:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Apr-2022 20:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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