ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216024
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| Date: | Monday 3 May 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Clube de Beira |
| Registration: | CR-ABI |
| MSN: | 86003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beira Airport, Beira, Sofala -
 Mozambique
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Beira Airport, Beira, Sofala, Mozambique (BEW/FQBR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86003: Taken on charge by the RAF as EM786 at 222 MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 9.3.43 for packing and crating for overseas shipment. Shipped to Southern Rhodesia 20.3.43 on the 'LS36'; arrived 3.5.43.
Sold 20.11.45 to Quartel General do Colonia da Mozambique for £350. Five Tiger Moths were sold to Quartel General da Colonia da Mozambique in October 1945 from RATG (Rhodesian Air Training Group). They were T7601, DE618, DX640 (later CR-AHR), DX711 & EM786 (possibly later CR-ABI). Struck off charge 12.3.47 as 'sold locally'. Probably registered in Mozambique as CR-ABI in 1946 to Aeroclube de Beira
Written off (Destroyed) 3.5.54 when crashed on takeoff at Beira Airport, Beira. Sofala, Mozambique. Beira is the capital and largest city of Sofala Province, where the Pungwe River meets the Indian Ocean, in the central region of Mozambique. It is the fourth-largest city by population in Mozambique, after Maputo, Matola and Nampula
NOTE: Some published sources (see link #4) state that CR-ABI was MSN DHA.739 (DH Australia built, ex-DX651)
Sources:
1. Voando em Moçambique (blog 361): http://voandoemmozambique.blogspot.com/search?q=361
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain)
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p860.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2018 10:35 | TB | Added |
| 23-Mar-2020 19:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2021 19:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Oct-2021 20:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2021 20:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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