Date:	Thursday 7 April 1932
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:	Dr. Godfrey C Dalton
Registration:	ZS-ADJ
MSN:	1861 ?
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Benoni, East Rand, Gauteng -   South Africa
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Rand Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa ?
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Benoni.
It is believed that the pilot was the same Dr. Godfrey C Dalton that was killed in the crash of DH.80 Puss Moth ZS-ADV on 29.8.36 at Rosherville, 3 km NW of Rand Airport Johannesburg, South Africa (which see)

Benoni is a town on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, some 26 kilometres east of Johannesburg, within the City of Ekurhuleni municipality

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoni,_South_Africa#Transportation

c/no. 1861 DH.60G Moth to DeHavilland South Africa without engine or C of A. Possibly used in rebuild (or possibly became unidentified ZS-ADJ, which was registered [C of R 89] 4.12.31 to Dr Godfrey C. Dalton.

NOTE: Some published sources list ZS-ADJ as c/no. 1416 ex-G-AARL. However, it is more likely that G-AARL became ZS-ADG in September 1931. History of c/no 1416: DH.60M [Gipsy I #769 registered G-AARL [C of R 2271] 9.29 to John Evan Carberry (Lord Carbery), Nairobi, Kenya. C of A 2235 issued 27.9.29. Registered [C of R 3210] 28.5.31 to Samuel Norman Turner, Nyeri, Kenya. C of A lapsed 26.9.30. Registration cancelled 9.31 as sold abroad. To Joseph R King, Johannesburg, South Africa 9.31 (in part exchange for Waco ZS-ABZ). Possibly registered ZS-ADG or ZS-ADI (but more likely ZS-ADG)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Feb-2024 17:05	Dr. John Smith	Added
03-Feb-2024 17:08	harro	Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Feb-2024 17:08	harro	Updated [Other fatalities]
03-Feb-2024 17:09	harro	Updated [Other fatalities]
03-Feb-2024 17:09	harro	Updated [Other fatalities]