6 August 1945 - Crash of a Tiger Moth at Busselton Airfield, WA

CRASH OF TIGER MOTH
AT BUSSELTON AIRFIELD, WA
ON 6 AUGUST 1945

Tiger Moth A17-614 (c/n DHA1049) from 7 Communications Unit (Dunreath) took off from Busselton Airfield, in Western Australia at about 1440 hours on 6 August 1945. The pilot, F/Sgt Archibald Charles Strang (441400), found that he had no rudder control as the rudders appeared to be jammed. In endeavouring to control the aircraft he hit a small tree and crashed from about 10 feet. The pilot and his unnamed passenger were both uninjured.

The wreckage of Tiger Moth A17-614 was relocated to 4 CRD Maylands on 9 August 1945 for conversion to components. Tiger Moth A17-614 was previously operated by 35 Squadron RAAF in 1943.

The following information is from the National Archives of Australia:-

Title: Accident to Tiger Moth A17-614 - Date 6/8/45 - Locality Busselton

Series number: A705

Control symbol: 32/15/1332

Contents date range: 1945 - 1945

Access status: Open

Location: National Office

Barcode no: 699125

REFERENCE BOOK

"The DH 82A Tiger Moth in Australia"
by Julian Forsyth.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Chas Van Hulsentop and Brian Gee for their assistance with this web page.