ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163235
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| Date: | Sunday 22 November 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | J O Richardson |
| Registration: | VH-UGM |
| MSN: | 453 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Moorabbin, Melbourne, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Moorabbin, Melbourne (MBW/YMMB) |
| Moorabbin, Melbourne (MBW/YMMB) |
c/no 453: DH.60X [Cirrus II] sold to Bush Church Aid Society, Sydney with C of A 1239 issued 11.11.27. Handed over at Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex 12.11.27 to Reverend Bate, secretary of Colonial & Continental Church Society; to be flown in NSW by Reverend Leonard Daniels, conveying medical assistance etc to remote farms.
Re-registered G-AUGM [C of R 201] 20.4.28 to The Bush Church Aid Society for Australia and Tasmania, Wilcannia, NSW; named “Far West” and operated by Reverend Len Daniels (with Church of England titles). Re-registered as VH-UGM 31.10.29 to same owner.
Damaged in heavy landing Wilcannia Aerodrome, NSW 9.11.32; registration cancelled 31.7.33 as "withdrawn from use". Sold 26.10.34 to South Australian Airways for rebuild. Re-registered 26.2.35 to J L Scott, Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia [based at Parafield, SA]. Re-registered 9.9.38 to Victorian & Interstate Airways Ltd, Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria.
Re-registered 15.11.38 to J F Mason, Koroit, Victoria. Registered 16.10.39 to Victorian & Interstate Airways Ltd (again). Re-registered 6.11.42 to A O Kiellerup & H V Moss, Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria.
Re-registered 20.5.43 to F T Bush & J D Morell, Melbourne. Re-registered 21.6.44 to Mrs N E Betts, Geelong, NSW. Re-registered 28.11.45 to McInnes Bros, Tinamba, Victoria. Re-registered 23.4.46 to E W Rose, Melbourne. Registration lapsed and cancelled 19.12.47.
Stored in a crate in a garage at Reservoir, Victoria (home of E W Rose) until found in 1955-56. Re-registered 19.11.59 to J O Richardson, Moorabbin (following a three-year rebuild).
Just three days later, VH-UGM was written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when it crashed due to engine failure near Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria 22.11.59. Registration cancelled as "destroyed" 31.1.62.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UGM.html
3. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/vh-ua-um?highlight=WyJnLWF1Z24iXQ==
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-melbourne-0
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorabbin_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2014 22:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Jun-2022 02:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Sep-2023 06:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Location]] |
| 26-Sep-2023 06:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Location]]] |
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