ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203433
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| Date: | Thursday 11 February 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | AHQ (India) CF RAF |
| Registration: | T1776 |
| MSN: | 7068 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Safdarjung Airport, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Dehli. -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Safdarjung Airport, New Dehli, India |
c/no. 7068: Registered G-ACSI [C of R 5041] 15.6.34 to Lt Col Andrew Hamilton Gault, Taunton (based Hatfield). C of A 4344 issued 20.7.34. Registration cancelled 6.37 as sold abroad (with C of A renewal 26.5.37). Re-registered in India as VT-AJC [C of R 322] 25.8.37 to Lt Col Sir Donald M Field, Chief Minister, Government of Jodhpur; operated by Jodhpur Flying Club, Jodhpur and delivered 3.11.37. Sold 13.5.38 and re-registered [C of R 322/2] to Motilal G Singh, Jodhpur. Sold 25.10.38 and re-registered [C of R 322/3] 29.10.38 to Nawabzada El Ahmed Khan, New Delhi.
Impressed locally as T1776 18.10.39 and used by 1 (India) Group (1939-40). To Communications Flight, Dum Dum, Calcutta [by 1.43]. To AHQ India Communications Flight, New Delhi (1943).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when bounced on landing and the undercarriage collapsed, at Safdarjung Airport, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Dehli, India on 11.2.43. Presumably not repaired and struck off charge
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-T9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1981 p 12)
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACSI.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vt-aaa.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
7. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/86-register-india
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
9. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2008.pdf
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safdarjung_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2017 23:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Dec-2017 23:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2017 23:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-May-2019 17:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2019 18:19 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:40 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Oct-2022 00:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-Oct-2022 00:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2022 20:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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