Wingless Tiger Moth.
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Wingless Tiger Moth.
My local newspaper has had a couple of references to a Tiger Moth which during WW2 lost the use of its wings and came down, the two occupants baling out safely. (say reports)
It crashed in Peterborough, I assume it was based RAF Westwood OTU.
I would be grateful if anyone is able to dig up any further info on this.
<when I say lost the use of its wings, I mean they either fell off or folded back>
It crashed in Peterborough, I assume it was based RAF Westwood OTU.
I would be grateful if anyone is able to dig up any further info on this.
<when I say lost the use of its wings, I mean they either fell off or folded back>
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It's detailed in Bramson and Birch's "Tiger Moth Story".
Incorrect nuts fitted to the wing bolts it says - the crew were doing aerobatics, left and right mainplanes broke away so the occupants bailed out; the wingless fuselage went through the roof of a house, ending up with its spinner resting on the sitting room floor and the tail sticking out of the roof! No one hurt...
Incorrect nuts fitted to the wing bolts it says - the crew were doing aerobatics, left and right mainplanes broke away so the occupants bailed out; the wingless fuselage went through the roof of a house, ending up with its spinner resting on the sitting room floor and the tail sticking out of the roof! No one hurt...
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From: East Anglia.
It's detailed in Bramson and Birch's "Tiger Moth Story".
Incorrect nuts fitted to the wing bolts it says - the crew were doing aerobatics, left and right mainplanes broke away so the occupants bailed out; the wingless fuselage went through the roof of a house, ending up with its spinner resting on the sitting room floor and the tail sticking out of the roof! No one hurt...
Incorrect nuts fitted to the wing bolts it says - the crew were doing aerobatics, left and right mainplanes broke away so the occupants bailed out; the wingless fuselage went through the roof of a house, ending up with its spinner resting on the sitting room floor and the tail sticking out of the roof! No one hurt...
The house mentioned, the paper states, was in Willesden avenue.
