ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82685
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 August 1965 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Twentieth Century Fox Productions Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ANKU |
| MSN: | 3943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kilpedder, Co Wicklow -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Weston Aerodrome, Lucan, Ireland (EIWT) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85866; Taken on charge by the RAF as DF117, nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 19.9.42. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’ in the Oxfordshire area; returned to Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford for erection 13.3.44. To 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minichinhampton, Gloucestershire 29.3.44. To Pilotless Aircraft Unit, RAF Manorbier 25.8.44. Returned to 20 MU Aston Down 10.4.46 for long-term storage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 5.11.53 to R A Stenner. UK civil registered as G-ANKU (C of R R4355/1) 24.12.53 to Herbert Alfred Stenner, London WC1 (aircraft based at Panshanger, Hertfrodahire). (Airframe registered with fuselage no. DH3943 - possibly Morris Motors MSN?). C of A issued 27.3.54. Registration cancelled/lapsed 16.4.55 and re-registered (C of R R4355/2) on 26.4.55 to Herts & Essex Aero Club (1946) Ltd, Stapleford, Abridge, Essex. Registration cancelled/lapsed 21.4.61 and re-registered (C of R R4355/3) 1.6.61 to Alfred Frederick Warnell, t/a Warnell Aviation, Stapleford, Essex.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off at Kilpedder, Co.Wicklow 10.8.65 whilst filming "The Blue Max"; remains used as prop at Baldonnel. Registration G-ANKU cancelled 23.8.65 and remains registered (C of R R4355/4) 25.8.65 to Twentieth Century Fox Productions Ltd, Soho Square London W1 (aircraft based at Baldonnel, Ireland). Registration G-ANKU cancelled 29.10.65 as 'destroyed'.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britian, 1987 p.18)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANKU-1.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANKU-2.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p039.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Max
6. http://www.aeroreg.co.uk/html/Qry_movies.html
7. http://www.speedace.info/the_blue_max.htm
8. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?34806-The-aircraft-in-the-quot-Blue-Max-quot
9. Tiger Moth G-ANKU at Stapleford (EGSG) 25.5.58: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1735953
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilpedder
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2010 02:53 | VHKDK | Added |
| 03-Jun-2012 14:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2013 16:13 | rvargast17 | Updated [Cn] |
| 27-Dec-2021 03:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-Dec-2021 03:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Dec-2021 03:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Nature] |
| 04-Jan-2022 15:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2022 07:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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