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Registration
or Serial:
N9202
Operator:
Royal Air Force (No. 2 Coastal Patrol Flight (2 CPF); a
sub-unit of Coastal Command)
Operating Base: RAF Abbotsinch / RN HMS Sanderling
Base
Location: Abbotsinch, near Glasgow
Current
Airport Status: Operational Civil Airport
Current
Airport Name: BAA Glasgow International Airport (EGPF)
(Principal airport data courtesy of
John Woodside,
A
Catalogue of UK Airfields)
Aircraft Nickname: Tiggie
Aircraft Type & Background
The DH82A
version of the de Havilland Tiger Moth was a two-seat primary
trainer biplane, build during the 1930's. It was powered with a 130
hp de Havilland Gipsy Major I engine.
The Tiger
Moth was successor to the de Havilland Gipsy Moth, and involved a
redesign of the upper and lower wing areas to permit more room in
the front seat (occupied by the trainee pilot).
In the
early days of the war, when aircraft were in short supply, Coastal
Command set up a squadron of Coastal Patrol Flights (CPFs)
using camouflaged de Havilland Tiger Moths and other similar types.
There were six of these squadrons, one of which—No. 2 CPF —was based
at RAF Abbotsinch, near Glasgow. Their purpose was to patrol the
seas looking for U-boats, etc. The Tiger Moth featured below,
however, may have been on a training flight.
Aircraft Construction
Tubular
steel and spruce with plywood and fabric covering.
Aircraft Accident Details
Tiger Moth N9202 was on
a dawn anti-submarine patrol when the pilot failed to notice a bank
of cloud. He tried to avoid it but the wing hit a hill. The pilot,
F/Lt. R. P. M. Gibbs was uninjured.
(Accident details kindly
provided by A. Leishman)
Below:
A British registered civilian DH82A Tiger Moth (G-AGHY) at
Kemble
Airfield, Gloucestershire, England.
Photo: 2005 Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone)
Released by the author to the public domain
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Accident Date
26
May 1940
Accident
Site
Ladyland Muir
Region: Renfrewshire
Nearest
town or village: Kilbirnie
or Lochwinnoch
Believed to have crashed in the
vicinity of Ladyland Muir, but as yet the crash site has not
been positively identified.
OS Grid Ref: 63 / NS 3059 (?)
Present Condition
It is unlikely that any
traces of the accident remain at the crash site, as the aircraft was
relatively undamaged in the accident.
Related Links
The following sites provided
further information on the de Havilland Tiger Moth and
related aircraft:
Below: de Havilland
DH82A Tiger Moth (N81DH)
Photo:
1989 'Towpilot'
(Released under
GNU Free Documentation License.)
Below: A German
registered civilian DH82A Tiger Moth (D-EBKT)
Photo:
2005 'Kogo'
(Released under
GNU Free Documentation License.)
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