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Date: 15-MAY-1940
Time: 10:00 Local Time
Type: Westland Lysander
Owner/operator: 13 Squadron Royal Air Force (13 Sqn RAF)
Registration: L4813/OO-R
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 /
Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Meerdaalwoud, Limietendreef Bierbeek, near Leuven (Louvain)
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: Douai, France
Destination airport:
Narrative: Westland Lysander Mk.I L4813 (OO-R) 13 Sqaudron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations on 15 May 1940. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/8367): "Leading Aircraftman C F Lucas and Pilot Officer A C Ollerenshaw, report of deaths; Lysander 51260 crashed at Louvain near Brussels, Belgium, on the 15 of May 1940.

Operation: Tactical Reconnaissance over the Dyle Line. Crashed at 10.00 hrs (Belgian Time, GMT +1hr) into the Meerdaalwoud, a few meters from the Limietendreef at Bierbeek, near Leuven (Louvain). Exact cause unknown, but possibly shot down by Oberlt Fronhöfer of 9./JG26. Both crew killed.

Crew of Lysander L4813:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Alan Christie Ollerenshaw, RAF 41729 (New Zealander), age 19, killed in action 15/05/1940
Leading Aircraftman (Air Gunner) Charles F. Lucas, RAFVR 937157, age 23, killed in action 15/05/1940,

Both crew fatalities were buried at Leuven Communal Cemetery, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
 
Date: 08/03/1940
Time: Night
Type: De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator: 9 EFTS Royal Air Force (9 EFTS RAF)
Registration: N6613
MSN: 3914
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: RAF Ansty, 5 miles East of Coventry, Warwickshire - United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire
Destination airport: RAF Ansty, Coventry, Warwickshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative: De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3914 (Gipsy Major #80856/A132111); Taken on charge as N6613 at 5 MU, RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey 02/03/39. To 9 E&RFTS RAF Ansty, Warwickshire 12/09/39. Unit renamed 9 EFTS upon outbreak of war 03/09/39.

Written off (damaged beyond repair); crashed into hedge when undershot on landing at night at RAF Ansty, 5 miles East of Coventry, Warwickshire 08/03/40. Both crew - Pilot Officer F T Cragg (Instructor) and Leading Aircraftman N M Maynard (Pilot Under Training) - slightly injured.

Not repaired, deemed "damaged beyond econmic rerpair", and Struck off charge 07/06/40 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
 
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Date: 07/07/1941
Time: Day
Type: De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator: 24 Elementary Flying Training School Royal Air Force (24 EFTS RAF)
Registration: T7113
MSN: 83540
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 2
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Near Luton, Bedfordshire - United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Luton, Bedfordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83540; Built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge as T7113 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 11/07/40. To 16 OTU RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire 29/10/40. Returned to 5 MU RAF Kemble 13/02/41. To 24 EFTS RAF Luton, Bedfordshire 21/05/41.

Written off in a Mid-air collision with Miles Magister L5984 (also of 25 EFTS) and crashed near Luton, Bedfordshire 07/07/41; three fatalities involved in the collision - one in the Tiger Moth and two in the Miles Magister

Crew of Tiger Moth T7113:
Pilot Officer Hugh Streatfield WYNNE-EDWARDS RAF VR (Service Number 79261, Pilot, aged 32)
(TheYorkshire Post of July 9th 1941 reported that he died in a "flying accident while serving with the R.A.F.")

Crew of Miles Magister L5984:
Flight Lieutenant Alan Claude Dier (Service Number 40090, Instructor Pilot, aged 21)
Leading Aircraftman Herbert Royson Hearne (Service Number 1380334, Pilot Under Training, aged 21)

Tiger Moth T7113 was Struck off charge 11/07/41 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E).
 
Date: 01/10/1941
Time: 17:00 LT
Type: De Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth
Owner/operator: 31 EFTS RCAF
Registration: RCAF 5113
MSN: DHC.912
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 1 mile South West of Balzac, Alberta - Canada
Phase: En route
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RCAF De Winton, Alberta (CEH4)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative: De Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth MSN DHC.912 (Gipsy Major #85502/7634); Delivered to 12 Technical Detachment 16/08/41 and taken on charge by the RCAF as 5113 at No. 4 Training Command at Regina, Saskatchewan 13/08/41. Issued to 31 EFTS at De Winton, Calgary, Alberta.

Written off when aircraft spun into the ground 1 mile South West of Balzac, Alberta 01/10/41; Had 147:15 hours logged time on airframe when written off. Pilot - Leading Aircraftsman J R Whittaker - seriously injured.

To No. 10 Repair Depot for write off. Struck off charge 03/11/41 and broken up for spares.

Balzac is a hamlet in Rocky View County, which is in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is located immediately west of Queen Elizabeth II Highway, at the intersection with Highway 566, 24 km north of Calgary city centre and 12 km south of Airdrie.
 
Date: 19/10/1942
Time: Day
Type: De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator: 1 EFTS RNZAF
Registration: NZ713
MSN: 3789
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: None
Location: Near Taieri AFB, Otago - New Zealand
Phase: En route
Nature: Training
Departure airport: RNZAF Taieri, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (NZTI)
Destination airport: RNZAF Taieri, Dunedin, New Zealand (NZTI)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative: De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3789 (Gipsy Major #81482) C of A 6470 issued 15/12/38 to The Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd. Registered ZK-AHA (C of R 154) 03/03/39 (or 24/02/39) to Otago Aero Club, Dunedin (based Taieri). Taken on charge by 1 EFTS Taieri 16/10/39 & formally impressed as NZ713 24/10/39 (at a cost of £1,250) Still at 1 EFTS (11/40). Undercarriage written off by LAC McNamara in heavy landing at Taieri 26/09/41; repaired. With 1 EFTS (10.42).

On 19/10/42, Tiger Moth NZ713 was being operated by No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School when a pupil pilot fell out of the aircraft during a slow roll. There is no fatality recorded in this accident report, so the trainee airman must have saved himself by the use of his parachute. As one would expect the flying instructor in the front seat landed the aircraft safely.

Sold (free issue) 4.9.46 to Marlborough Aero Club. Registered ZK-AKJ 31/07/46 (or 02/09/46) to Marlborough Aero Club, Blenheim. Spin in and crashed/destroyed by fire Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim 01/12/46 during aerobatic display; pilot killed. (See separate entry). Registration ZK-AKJ cancelled 18/02/47.
 
Date: 30/05/1946
Time:
Type: de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth (Sk11A)
Owner/operator: Swedish Air Force
Registration: 111513
MSN:
Fatalities:
Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: F1 Hässlö, Västerås (Västmanland) - Sweden
Phase:
Nature: Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative: Landing accident
 
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