ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277935
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| Date: | Friday 30 January 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Ceylon Air Academy |
| Registration: | CY-AAH |
| MSN: | 85447 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ratmalana Airport, Colombo -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Ratmalana Airport, Colombo, Ceylon (RML/VCCC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 85447: Taken on charge as DE451 at 10 MU RAF Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire 19.2.42. To 18 EFTS, RAF Fairoaks, Chobham, Surrey 2.6.42. To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 26.7.45. To 22 RFS RAF Teversham, Cambridge 10.6.49. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington 13.2.50 for storage pending disposal. Struck off charge when sold 10.5.50 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth.
Registered as G-AMBR (C of R 15024/1) 17.5.50 to Hants & Sussex Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire. New C of R No R95 issued 1950. C of A not known. Registration G-AMBR cancelled 14.9.50 as 'sold abroad'.
Re-registered in Ceylon as VP-CBG 9.50 to Taylor & Mackay, Colombo. Re-registered as CY-AAH 12.50. Re-registered 10.1.51 to Ceylon Air Academy, Ratmalana.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed on take-off and destroyed by fire at Ratmalana, Ceylon 30.1.53; 1 killed.
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMBR.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p854.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_International_Airport,_Ratmalana#Peak_of_civilian_service
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2022 00:21 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 07-May-2022 02:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
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