ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66093
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| Date: | Sunday 6 November 1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Crop Culture (Aerial) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ANFT |
| MSN: | 84206 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Hurga Cotton Scheme, Blue Nile -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Khartoum, Sudan |
| The Hurga Cotton Scheme, Blue Nile, Sudan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 84206; Taken on charge by the RAF as T7841, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 25.1.41. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ at Archer Cowley Ltd, Park End Street, Oxford; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably August 1941]. To 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 22.8.41. To 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 9.8.45.
Struck off charge when sold 20.10.53 to Association of British Aero Clubs. UK civil registered as G-ANFT (C of R R4201/1) 27.10.53 to Arthur Jones, Swansea (aircraft based based at Fairwood Common). Overhauled at Thruxton, Andover, Hampshire and C of A issued 27.11.53. Registration cancelled/lapsed 12.7.55 and re-registered 20.7.55 to John Richard Beaumont, Wakefield (aircraft based at Sherburn-in-Elmet). Registration cancelled/lapsed 12.8.57 and re-registered 14.8.57 to Crop Culture (Aerial) Ltd, Bembridge, Isle of Wight.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when caught in the slipstream of another aircraft and crashed on landing at The Hurga Cotton Scheme, Blue Nile, Sudan 6.11.60. Registration G-ANFT cancelled 6.11.60 as destroyed.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANFT.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p842.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezira_Scheme
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2009 23:30 | VHKDK | Added |
| 25-Apr-2012 17:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2021 01:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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