ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 311260
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| Date: | Thursday 18 September 1941 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wyton SF RAF |
| Registration: | AX788 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Caxton Gibbet RLG, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Teversham, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Caxton Gibbet, Cambridgeshire |
Tiger Moth AX788: Took off for Communications flight. 18/09/1941
The pilot asked passenger to take the controls momentarily while he checked his map. The aircraft dived suddenly from 900ft giving the pilot insufficient time to recover the situation before the aircraft crashed at Caxton Gibbet. Flew into the ground on approach to RAF Caxton Gibbet, Cambridgeshire.
Crew:
P/O (68177) Norman HOLDEN (pilot) RAF: Injured (NCO:1014103 Commission Gazetted : Friday 04 July, 1941)
P/O (85703) John Rauthmell THOMSON (pass. /Air Gunner) RAFVR: Killed (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 22 October, 1940)
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses by W RCHORLEY, volume 8, page 231.
2.ORB Wyton RAF
3.CWGC
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2023 01:12 | redsix | Added |
| 18-Sep-2023 06:31 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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