Incident De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth VP-UAT,
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Date:Monday 23 June 1947
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:The Uganda Company Ltd
Registration: VP-UAT
MSN: 82826
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia -   Zimbabwe
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth MSN 82826 (Gipsy Major #82690) Taken on charge by the RAF as R4909 at 4 MU Cowley, Oxfordshire 12.1.40 and shipped direct to Southern Rhodesia 2.40. To 25 EFTS Belvedere, Southern Rhodesia. To SAAF as 4716 31.5.44. Sold 10.46. Registered in Uganda as VP-UAT 1.47 to The Uganda Co Ltd.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take off at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia 23.6.47.

Sources:

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p828.html
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-uaa.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jan-2022 05:03 Ron Averes Added
20-Jun-2022 21:33 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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