Incident de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth SRAS252,
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Date:Saturday 3 June 1944
Time:day
Type:de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth
Owner/operator:Southern Rhodesia Air Service
Registration: SRAS252
MSN: 7019
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Chiloani, Southern Rhodesia -   Zimbabwe
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
DH.85 Leopard Moth c/n 7019 [C of A 4140 issued 12.1.34 to De Havilland South Africa] Registered 1.3.34. as ZS-AEK Re-registered in 3.38 to Durban Aero Club. Registration cancelled 16.10.39 as sold to Southern Rhodesia.

Re-registered in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) 16.10.39 as VP-YCH to Rhodesia & Nyasaland Airways. Possibly not taken up, as impressed into military service by/on 31.10.39 with the Southern Rhodesia Air Service (SRAS) as SRAS252.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3.6.44 when crashed at Chiloani, Southern Rhodesia

Sources:

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2008.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
4. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH85_Leopard_Moth.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh85-leopard-moth-chiloani
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-Y.html
7. https://www.fad.co.za/Resources/aviation/coull/coull.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Oct-2017 22:35 Dr. John Smith Added
17-Dec-2017 01:25 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Narrative]
04-Oct-2022 20:26 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source]

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