ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163231
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| Date: | Monday 26 December 1927 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Cirrus II Moth |
| Owner/operator: | African Aerial Travels Ltd |
| Registration: | G-UAAE |
| MSN: | 439 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pomeroy, Umzinyathi District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Pomeroy, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Durban, South Africa |
c/no. 439 DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II #106] to Major A.M. Miller, South Africa with C of A 1223 issued 5.10.27. Registered G-UAAE 2.11.27 to African Aerial Travels Ltd, Durban.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Pomeroy, Umzinyathi District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 26.12.27. While on a flight from Durban, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances near Pomeroy. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Pomeroy a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Town some 72 km north of Greytown and 56 km south-south-east of Dundee. The town was named Pomeroy after Sir George Pomeroy Colley who led the ill-fated British force during the Battle of Majuba Hill in 1881
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-south-africa-register/g-ua-zs?highlight=WyJnLXVhYWUiXQ==
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-pomeroy
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-UA.html
6. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeroy,_KwaZulu-Natal
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2014 21:24 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Sep-2017 18:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2023 12:24 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2023 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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