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Date: | Tuesday 25 October 1938 |
Time: | 18:00 LT |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
Owner/operator: | Royal Singapore Flying Club |
Registration: | VR-SAH |
MSN: | 921 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sea ½ mile off The Singapore Swimming Club HQ, Katong, Tanjong Rhu -
Singapore
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Kallang Airport, Singapore |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:C/no. 921: DH.60X [Cirrus III] Seaplane registered G-AADK [C of R 1836] 19.12.28 to The Singapore Flying Club, Singapore; (supplied via Shaw Darby & Co]. C of A 1811 issued 31.1.29. Overturned and sank on landing Singapore 25.8.29; badly damaged but salvaged and repaired. This incident was the first of four crashes in the ten-year history of VR-SAH
Spun in and crashed Singapore Harbour 25.5.30; rebuilt from local spares circa December 1930. Owner renamed Royal Singapore Flying Club October 1931. Fitted with Cirrus Hermes II 1932.
Registration cancelled 1.9.34 as sold abroad. Re-registered VR-SAH 14.7.34 to Royal Singapore Flying Club. Crashed in the bridge of steamer "Silver Gull" in the Inner Roads, Singapore Harbour, Singapore 19.8.36; Jack Sale (Chief Flying Instructor, Royal Singapore Flying Club) badly injured and pupil Thomas Patrick Browne died of injuries.
Registration VR-SAH cancelled 6.11.1936. Re-registered [C of R 27] 18.12.37 to same owner; rebuilt as landplane & fitted with Gipsy I engine. Crashed on test flight in May 1938; rebuilt (again).
Written off (destroyed) Dived into sea ½ ml off The Singapore Swimming Club HQ, Katong, Tanjong Rhu 25.10.38; pilot Police Inspector Richard Nunn killed; wreck not salvaged. A memorial service was held at sea for the pilot from a launch positioned near to the crash site.
Sources:
1. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 26 October 1938, Page 1:
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19381026-1.2.9 2. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 28 October 1938, Page 4:
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19381028-1.2.44 3. Malaya Tribune, 26 October 1938, Page 12:
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19381026-1.2.66 4.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-S.html 6.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-kallang-1-killed 7. As G-AADK:
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFhZGsiXQ== 8. As VH-SAH:
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJ2ci1zYWgiXQ== 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katong
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 May 1930 |
G-AADK |
Singapore Flying Club |
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Tanjong Pagar, Keppel Harbour |
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Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Feb-2019 21:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
03-Oct-2023 08:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |