ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 351764
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 October 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Aero Club of New South Wales |
| Registration: | VH-UGJ |
| MSN: | 3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mascot Airport, Sydney, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Mascot Airport, Sydney, NSW (SYD/YSSY) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 3: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II]: registered as G-AUGJ [C of R 177] 7.9.27 to Aero Club of NSW, Mascot, Sydney, NSW; named "Ross Smith". Registered as VH-UGJ in 1930. Re-registered to Royal Aero Club of NSW, Mascot, Sydney. Registration VH-UGJ cancelled as 'lapsed' 6.9.35; registration restored 2.10.35 to same owner. Registration cancelled as 'lapsed' (again) 1.10.36; registration restored 28.10.36 to same owner.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into a fence on takeoff at Mascot Airport, Sydney, NSW 14.11.36; repaired with Gipsy I 12.37. [Quoting c/no 406 1/39]
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on takeoff at Mascot, Sydney, NSW 8.10.40. Registration belatedly cancelled14.10.47 [w.e.f. 29.9.47 - probably as a result of a postwar census inquiring into the continued existence (or not) of VH-UGJ
NOTE: Several published sources state the G-AUGJ ex built by DeHavilland at Hatfield as c/no. 408. If so, then the airframes early history was as follows: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II #65] to DH Australia with C of A 1169 issued 16.7.27. Nothing further confirmed but may have been DHA c/no 3 [its engine, Cirrus II no.65, was fitted to G-AUAE at Mascot 3.29]
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. As G-AUGJ: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/g-au?highlight=WyJ2aC11Z2oiXQ==
3. As VH-UGJ: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/vh-ua-um?highlight=WyJ2aC11Z2oiXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Airport#History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2024 23:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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