Incident de Havilland DH.60G Moth HB-UPO,
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Date:Tuesday 20 February 1951
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:Aero Club de Suisse, Sektion Basel
Registration: HB-UPO
MSN: 1872
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden, district of Arlesheim -   Switzerland
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden, Switzerland
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden, district of Arlesheim, Switzerland. Aircraft caught fire on impact, and burnt out.

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://histaero.ch/PDF/Flugunfaelle_2.pdf
3. https://app02.bazl.admin.ch/web/bazl/en/#/lfr/detail/HB-UPO-1327309
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_HB-.html
6. https://www.forgottenairfields.com/airfield-basel-sternenfeld-252.html
7. https://www.zukunft-sternenfeld.ch/areal/geschichte/
8. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Basel-Sternenfeld


History of this aircraft

c/no. 1872 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I #1378] to Werner Stocklin, Switzerland with C of A 3190 issued 4.9.31. Registered as CH-321 12.9.31 to W Schetty, Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden. Re-registered in 1934 to G Dreyfus-Isler, Basel. Re-registered as HB-UPO 1.35. Re-registered 17.10.35 to C Ceresole, Berne-Belpmoos. Re-registered 2.37 to Aero Club de Suisse, Section Vaudoise, Lausanne/Blecherette. Re-registered [by 12.47] to Aero Club de Suisse, Sektion Basel, Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden.
Damaged when blown over by wind Sternenfeld Aerodrome, Birsfelden 24.7.49. Repaired and returned to service.

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Feb-2024 15:54 Dr. John Smith Added
28-Feb-2024 15:57 ASN Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]

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