Date:	Sunday 19 December 1948
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:	F A J Hill
Registration:	VH-ADP
MSN:	22-669
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Moreenia, Brooker, 50 miles North of Port Lincoln, SA -   Australia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Moreenia, Brooker, Port Lincoln, SA
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed at Moreenia, Brooker, 50 miles North of Port Lincoln, SAl; pilot/owner F A J Hill killed.

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/CMS/raaf2/2a7
3. https://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa/VH-ADP.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-A.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Lincoln
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooker,_South_Australia

Third of Six DH.60Ms [Gipsy I] which were ordered in March 1934, under Contract No.OI.262 to be built by the Aircraft Construction Branch, Munitions Supply Board Ordnance Factory [Job No. MSB/S655]. Munitions Supply Board at Maribynong, Melbourne, built the fuselages; they were fitted with spare Larkin-built wings and fittings and were finally assembled by the RAAF at Laverton, Victoria. No c/nos. allocated, just RAAF Serials A7-69 to A7-74, and they were referred to as "Metal Moths"

As A7-71 Taken on charge at 1 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Laverton20.3.36. To 1 FTS Point Cook 1.37. To 1 EFTS Parafield, SA, 14.2.40. Damaged in heavy landing at Parafield, SA 23.12.40.

Not repaired. Struck off charge and Sold 13.3.41 to Spencers Gulf Aero Club. Civil Registered as VH-ADP [C of R 778] 25.3.41 to Spencers Gulf Aero Club, Whyalla [with c/no "MSB.8655"; corruption of original job no.]. Rebuilt and fitted with Gipsy Major engine 7.8.44, becoming a DH.60GIII Moth Major (making it, at first glance, indistinguishable from a DH.82A Tiger Moth). Re-registered 23.4.46 to R O Fox & S W Matthews, Whyalla. Re-registered 25.9.47 to F A J Hill, Moreenia, Port Lincoln, SA.

Registration VH-ADP cancelled 24.1.49.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Feb-2024 19:03	Dr. John Smith	Added
05-Feb-2024 08:30	ASN	Updated [Cn, Narrative]