ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20794
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| Date: | Thursday 4 September 1941 |
| Time: | 12:55 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 26 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | G-AAVB |
| MSN: | 2003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gatwick, Horley, Surrey |
| RAF Kenley, Surrey |
Registered G-AAVB [C of R 2447] 30.6.30 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane; operated by Col The Master of Sempill, Welsh Harp, near Hendon, and built as a float plane (using Short built floats). (Note: A report by MAEE stated that the aircraft was laterally unstable on floats at AUW of 1,900 lbs and recommended restriction to 1,830 lbs.) C of A 2705 issued 27.8.30. Flown to Stockholm Aero Show 4.9.30 by The Master of Sempill from the Welsh Harp Reservoir in North-West London, (1,040 miles non-stop in 12 hrs); then across the Baltic to Tallinn, Estonia on 10.9.30 and to Finland on 11.9.30. Returned from Norway to Aberdeen 22.9.30 and subsequently used to tour British coast.
Re-registered [C of R 2939] 11.30 to Frederick AI (Alan) Muntz of Airwork Ltd, Heston and transferred to Almaza, Egypt (by now as landplane). Regn cancelled 31.5.31 as "sold abroad".
Re-registered in Egypt as SU-AAB 5.31 to Saleh Pasha Enan. Bought by Brig-General Arthur C Lewin from Misr-Airwork at Cairo (or possibly by his sister-in-law, Miss Higgins) to replace his DH.60G (probably G-ABGN) which was damaged in storms at Malakal c20.5.33 en route Kenya to UK. Arrived Heston 15.6.33. Re-registered G-AAVB [C of R 4574] 28.6.33 to Brig-General Arthur C Lewin, Heston with C of A renewed 29.9.33. Re-registered [C of R 4805] 11.12.33 to Major Henry A Petre, DSO, MC, Heston.
Delivered 12.5.41 to 26 Squadron, Gatwick. Registration cancelled 12.5.41 by Secretary of State. Impressed into military service as DR755 31.5.41. RAF serial not used since it crashed on landing in a crosswind at Kenley on 4.9.41, still marked as G-AAVB.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p020.html
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AAVB.pdf
4. https://en.wikipediam.org/wiki/William_Forbes-Sempill,_19th_Lord_Sempill#Military_and_civil_aviation
5. http://www.europeanairlines.no/the-master-of-sempill-in-norway/
6. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
7. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh80.pdf
8. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15586.0
9. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh80a-puss-moth-raf-kenley
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2008 00:15 | Topaz | Added |
| 23-Feb-2013 16:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2013 14:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 01-Mar-2020 21:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2020 21:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Mar-2020 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Jul-2023 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [[Source]] |
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