Incident de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide MVAF 19,
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Date:Tuesday 10 February 1942
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH89 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:B Flt Malaysian Volunteer Air Force
Registration: MVAF 19
MSN: 6364
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Airfield P1, near Pladjoe, South Sumatra -   Indonesia
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Airfield P1, near Pladjoe, 10 miles from Palembang, Sumatra
Destination airport:
Narrative:
C/no. 6364: C of A 5970 issued 7.7.37. (2 x Gipsy Six engines #6707/6708). First civil registered as VR-SAW [C of R 22] 30.8.37 to Wearne Bros Ltd t/a Wearne's Air Service, Kallang, Singapore; named "Governor Fullerton" 4.9.37. Re-registered [C of R 29] 7.1.38 to Wearnes Air Service Ltd, Singapore. Impressed into 'B' Flight, Malaysian Volunteer Air Force (MVAF) as "19", on 1.12.41.

Written off after landing at Airfield P1, near Pladjoe, 10 miles from Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia 10.2.42 when the starboard wings of MVAF 19 were sheared off by a Hurricane taxiing to take-off in an air raid.

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p063.html
3. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-S.html
5. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaju

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Mar-2019 20:11 Dr. John Smith Added
19-Mar-2019 20:12 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Narrative]
12-Jan-2020 21:29 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]
03-Jul-2023 02:07 Ron Averes Updated [[Operator, Operator]]

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