ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294053
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 June 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | M H Oettle |
| Registration: | ZS-BKE |
| MSN: | 7095 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bethulie, Free State -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Capetown, South Africa |
c/no 7095 To Tanganyika Diamond & Gold Development Co and delivered to Eric Wyllie. C of A 4741 issued 18.3.35. Registered ZS-AFI 3.6.35 to Tanganyika Diamond & Gold Development Co Ltd. Registration cancelled 25.6.38 as sold to Kenya.
Re-registered VP-KCO [C of R 66] 25.6.38 to South & Central African Gold Mines Ltd, Mara Mines, Musoma, Tanganyika. Later to Wilson Airways Ltd [unconfirmed].
Impressed into KAAU (Kenyan Army Air Unit) as 'K-12' in 9.39. Transferred to SAAF as '2036' 10.43. Civlian Registered as ZS-BKE 12.4.47. Registration cancelled 1953. Registration ZS-BKE restored 4.55 to J E Hobson, Somerset East. Re-registered 1.59 to J B Janik, Eerste River. Re-registered 6.59 to M H Oettle, Capetown.
Crashed Bethulie, Free State, South Africa 23.6.59; registration cancelled 31.12.59. Tail to SAAF Museum
Sources:
1. https://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH85_Leopard_Moth.html
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2009.pdf
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf
5. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethulie
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2022 16:46 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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