Incident de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth D-EDUN,
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Date:Monday 16 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-EDUN
MSN: 83260
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bonn-Hangelar, St. Augustine, Hangelar, North Rhine-Westphalia -   Germany
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Bonn-Hangelar, St. Augustine, Hangelar, North Rhine-Westphalia (EDKB)
Destination airport:Bonn-Hangelar, St. Augustine, Hangelar, North Rhine-Westphalia (EDKB)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN.83260 (Gipsy Major #83019); Taken on charge as T5541 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down Minichinhampton, Gloucestershire 30.5.40. To 1 [P]FTS RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire 15.2.41. To 25 [P]EFTS RAF Hucknall 7.6.41; coded’18’, later ‘7’. Crashed 25.4.44 [presuned at RAF Hucknall]; to Lundy & Atlantic Coast for repairs 30.5.44. To 7 EFTS RAF Desford. Leicestershire 22.6.44 upon completion of repairs. To 3 FTS RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk 16.6.47, coded "FBQ-R". To 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 14.2.49. To RAF Cosford Station Flight 31.10.51. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 16.2.54 for storage pending disposal.

Struck off charge as Cat.5c) when sold as parts 8.7.54 to Robert Stuart Rickard/Aero Exploration. Overhauled & rebuilt by The Wiltshire School of Flying, Thruxton, Andover, Hampshire in 7.55. Re-registered in West Germany as D-EDUN (allotted 16.5.55 & ferry permit issued 8.6.55) on 16.9.55 to Emil Kemmer, t/a Jugendhorst der Fliegende Pater, Bonn-Hangelar, St. Augustine, Hangelar, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (regd with c/n E-2).

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Bonn-Hangelar, St. Augustine, Hangelar, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, 16.1.56; Crashed on airfield after emergency landing training. Registration D-EDUN cancelled as "destroyed" 19.1.56.

Sources:

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p832.html
3. https://www.businessairnews.com/hb_airportpage.html?recnum=2954
4. https://skyvector.com/airport/EDKB/Bonn-Hangelar-Airport

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16.1.1956 at Bonn-Hangelar

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Dec-2015 17:27 TB Added
15-Dec-2015 18:33 TB Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative]
16-Dec-2015 11:19 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Dec-2017 18:30 airplanefan108 Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Photo, ]
26-Feb-2018 21:38 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
20-Sep-2021 22:14 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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