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Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1937 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.60M Moth |
Owner/operator: | 8 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K1895 |
MSN: | 1645 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Khormaksar, Aden -
Yemen
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Khormaksar, Aden |
Destination airport: | RAF Khormaksar, Aden |
Narrative:c/no. 1645 DH.60M [Gipsy I]: Taken on charge as K1895 27.2.31 at RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey. To RAF Sealand for packing and crating for shipment overseas 26.4.34. To 8 Squadron, RAF Khormaksar, Aden 28.5.34. Badly damaged in crash on take-off in Aden 31.12.36; repaired and returned to service
Written off (destroyed) when crashed following in-flight disconnection of rudder bar over Khormaksar, Aden 23.6.37. Of the two crew, Pilot Officer P. J. G Davies was killed & LAC (Leading Aircraftman) W.R. Moys badly injured.
Struck off charge (by Iraq Command) 4.9.37
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain. 1976 page 11)
2. 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 3.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm 4.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.ohttps://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-aden-1-killed-0rg.uk/dh/p016.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RAF#Reformation 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Khormaksar#History Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Jul-2020 14:13 |
Cobar |
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01-Aug-2020 21:12 |
Angel Dick one |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
11-Oct-2023 07:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
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