Tiger Moth K4282 at Brough airfield.
On 22nd June 1941 this aircraft sustained damage when the undercarriage collapsed after a heavy landing at Brough airfield.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Tiger Moth K4282 was built to contract 307395/34 by The De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd. at Hatfield and was delivered to storage at 2 ASU
at Cardington on 5th April 1935 where it remained in storage for well over a year. On 12th September 1936 it was taken on charge by the Station Flight at Hucknall.
On 31st August 1937 it was flown to 1 ASU at Waddington and it remained there until 29th September 1937 when it was allotted to 19 E&RFTS at Gatwick in preparation
for the unit forming on 1st October 1937. It had a long service history during the waryears, on 15th October 1939 it was transferred to the care of 10 EFTS at Yatebury, on 9th December 1940 it was flown to D.H Ltd. at Hatfield for servicing and on completion of this on 22nd February 1941 it was taken on charge by 4 EFTS at Brough. As a result of the mishap vaguely detailed above on 22nd June 1941 the minor Cat.B/FA damage was recorded but it was damaged enough for it to be transported to D.H. Ltd. at Hatfield for repair four days later. On 7th August 1941 it was taken on charge by 21 EFTS at Booker then on 7th June 1942 it was transferred to 15 EFTS at Carlisle (Kingstown). On 24th August 1942 it passed into the care of Lundy & Atlantic Coast Airlines Ltd. at Barnstaple for a servicing then on 6th September 1942 it was flown to 9 MU at Cosford for storage. On 18th April 1943 it was flown to 9 EFTS at Ansty where it remained until 2nd April 1944 when it was flown to 38 MU at Llandow for storage. On paper on 27th June 1943 it was allotted to No.4 School of Target Towing at St.Athan and given the Ground instructional airframe serial 5284M but this serial was not issued until until July 1945 if sequence was kept for previous numbers. After this date nothing more is known about the aircraft.