Incident de Havilland DH.60X Moth G-CAPB,
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Date:Sunday 19 September 1948
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:Hall's Air Service Ltd
Registration: G-CAPB
MSN: 507
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Val d'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Quebec -   Canada
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Val d'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Quebec, Canada
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
DH.60X Seaplane [Cirrus II] sold to Ontario Provincial Government without C of A. Registered as G-CAPB [C of R 362] 11.5.28 to Ontario Provincial Air Service; named "Bobolink". Fitted with Gipsy I engine 22.4.32. Rebuilt 1930 as DH.60M [c/no 1330]. Fitted with Gipsy II engine 12.5.34.

Re-registered [C of R 2811] 9.6.48 to William Hall t/a Hall's Air Service Ltd, Val d'Or, Quebec.

Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when stalled on take-off, and crashed at Val d'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Quebec, Canada 19.9.48.

Val-d'Or is a city in Quebec, Canada. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve.

Sources:

1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C.html
3. http://www.bushplane.com/opas-aircraft/histories-opas-dh60/
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-val-dor
5. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/g-ca?highlight=WyJnLWNhcGIiXQ==
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p005.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val-d%27Or

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Jan-2008 23:21 JINX Added
18-Jan-2013 12:33 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jan-2014 21:30 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-Sep-2023 00:33 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Source, Narrative]]

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