Incident de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth D-EDYN,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182223
 
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Date:Wednesday 18 January 1956
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:Emil Kemmer, t/a Jugendhorst der Fliegende Pater
Registration: D-EDYN
MSN: 82075
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bonn-Hangelar, St. Augustine, Hangelar, North Rhine-Westphalia -   Germany
Phase: Take off
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Bonn-Hangelar Airport (EDKB)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82075 (Gipsy Major #80990): Taken on charge by the RAF as N6805 at 6 MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 13.5.39. To 38 E&RFTS Carlisle, Cumberland 27.6.39. To 6 EFTS RAF Sywell, Northamptonshire 15.10.39. To 9 MU RAF Cosford 30.8.46. To AOP School, RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire 14.7.50; coded "BD-Z". Unit Renamed Light Aircraft School 3.4.53. To RAF Old Sarum Communications Flight, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire 30.7.53. To 9 MU RAF Cosford 22.11.53 for storage pending disposal

Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) and sold as parts 13.7.54 to Robert Stuart Rickard/Aero Exploration. Overhauled by Wiltshire School of Flying, Thruxton, Hampshire in July 1955. Allocated German Registration D-EDYN on 16.5.55 (ferry permit issued 8.6.55) and formally registered 20.10.55 to Emil Kemmer, t/a Jugendhorst der Fliegende Pater, Bonn-Hangelar; (regd with c/n E-7).

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Bonn-Hangelar, St. Augustine, Hangelar, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, 18.1.56. Registration D-EDYN cancelled 19.1.56.

Sources:

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Bonn/Hangelar#Geschichte_des_Flugplatzes
3. Tiger Moth N6805/BD-Z at Denham, Bucks (EGLD) 7.3.52: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1738971
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p820.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Dec-2015 17:25 TB Added
14-Sep-2021 20:38 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
25-Oct-2021 17:03 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Narrative]

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