ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142274
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| Date: | Monday 8 August 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Rand Flying Club, Germiston |
| Registration: | ZS-BUN |
| MSN: | 82598 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Orient Airfield, Magaliesberg District, Gauteng, West Rand -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Germiston, South Africa |
| Orient Airfield, Magaliesberg District, Gauteng, South Africa (FAOI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82598 (Gipsy Major #81978); UK CofA 6759 issued 25.8.39 to Wilson Airways, Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyan civil registration VP-KCV reserved 7.39 for Wilson Airways Ltd. Taken over by Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit on delivery and registration VP-KCV cancelled 6.9.39. To KAAU as 'K26' and operated by 2 (Training) Flight, Eastleigh, Nairobi.
Hit HT wires Embakasi 9.4.40; repaired and returned to service. Unit re-designated EFTS (Kenya) 8.40 and then 30 EFTS 1.41. Minor accident 7.2.41; repaired and returned to service. Transferred to SAAF as '4691' 3.44.
Civil registered as ZS-BUN. Registered (in 2.53) to Rand Flying Club, Germiston.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed and destroyed by fire Orient Airfield, near Magaliesburg, Magaliesberg District, Gauteng, West Rand, South Africa 8.8.55. Magaliesburg is a small town situated below the Witwatersrand mountain range in Gauteng, South Africa. The Magaliesberg mountain range is north and visible from town, hence the name "Magaliesburg". The mountains themselves are named after Kgosi Môgale Wa Môgale , a MoTswana chief of the BaPô ba Mogale clan. Burg is the Afrikaans name for Town whereas Berg is for mountain.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p825.html
4. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magaliesberg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2012 21:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Oct-2021 01:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Oct-2021 01:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Category] |
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