ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 348597
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| Date: | Friday 17 April 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Gunnery Co-op Flt RAF |
| Registration: | K3598 |
| MSN: | 039 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1933 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 84 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, off Gibraltar -
 Gibraltar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
c/no. 5039: de Havilland DH-82B Queen Bee K3598 [Gipsy Major #5303] ordered 8.33 (under Contract No.262684/33) and delivered to RAE Farnborough 20.10.33; coded “3”. To Lee-on-Solent 12.12.33 for control and catapult trials. To Packing Depot, RAF Sealand 10.4.34 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. To RNAS Hal Far, Malta 2.5.34; operated by 1 Gunnery Co-operation Flight, Kalafrana, Malta 5.34. Returned to UK and to RAE Farnborough 29.8.34. Then once again to Packing Depot RAF Sealand 25.10.34. To School of Naval Co-operation 21.12.34. To St Lucia, West Indies 1.35; returned to DeHavilland 22.3.35. To RAE Farnborough 2.9.35. To 1 Gunnery Co-operation Flight, Gibraltar 7.3.36.
Written off (destroyed) when shot down off Gibraltar 17.4.36 and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Struck off charge 4.6.36 (Total 84.02 Flying Hours).
Sources:
1. The K File: The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain 1996)
2. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=K3598
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth#Variants
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p050.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2023 13:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Dec-2023 13:58 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 26-Dec-2023 22:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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