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Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1933 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.60M Moth |
Owner/operator: | 8 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K1212 |
MSN: | 1524 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Aden Bombing Range, Khormaksar, Aden -
Yemen
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Khormaksar, Aden (ADE/OYAA) |
Destination airport: | RAF Khormaksar, Aden (ADE/OYAA) |
Narrative:c/no. 1524 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #1098/A105857]. Taken on charge as K1212 at RAF Sealand 7.5.30 for packing and crating, prior to despatch by sea to 8 Squadron, RAF Khormaksar, Aden; arrived 7.8.30.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed onto the Aden Bombing Range, Khormaksar, Aden 25.7.33. Pilot - Pilot Officer Eric A Collyns killed.
Struck off charge 25.8.33.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain. 1976 page 11)
2. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1996)
3. 8 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1930 to 31-12-1938: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/113:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2502745 4.
https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 5.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-aden-1-killed 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p015.html 7.
https://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17674-RAF-Fatalities-1933 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RAF#Reformation 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Khormaksar#History Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jul-2020 16:08 |
Cobar |
Added |
01-Aug-2020 16:33 |
Angel Dick one |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
23-Dec-2020 18:05 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
23-Dec-2020 18:05 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
13-Nov-2023 17:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |