ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352230
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 June 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 2 Trg Flt KAAU (Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit) |
| Registration: | K23 |
| MSN: | 1137 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya (HKRE) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.1137 DH.60G Auto-slot Moth Coupe [Gipsy I engine#558] registered as G-AALD [C of R 2124] 16.8.29 to Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire. C of A 2187 issued 21.8.29. Registration G-AALD cancelled 2.1.30 as sold abroad (& C of A renewed 11.2.30). [Almost certainly the Moth flown out to Kenya by C W T Wood, departing Stag Lane, Edgware. Middlesex 11.2.30].
Re-registered in Kenya as VP-KAG [C of R 8] 6.3.30 to Mrs F K Wilson, Nairobi; initially as personal aircraft but later t/a Wilson Airways; named "Blinny". Crashed 9.2.33 at Nairobi and registration cancelled. Rebuilt (possibly with new fuselage) and registration restored 11.5.34 to same owner. Crashed on take-off Nairobi 17.11.35; rebuilt and repaired again. Crashed 10.38**; repaired and rebuilt for the third time (but see note below)
Impressed into (Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit) as K-23 9.39. operated by 2 Training Flight, RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya. No 2 (Training) Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit were based here from 6.9.39 to 1.8.40.
Crashed 24.6.42 Spun in and crashed at RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi. Struck off charge 12.8.42
**In 11.38, E Atkinson of South Africa attempted to register c/no. 1137, saying that he had purchased the remains from Wilson Airways in 1936 and was rebuilding the Moth. Nothing further known and registration presumed not progressed.
Sources:
1. As G-AALD: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFhbGQiXQ==
2. As VP-KAG: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJnLWFhbGQiXQ==
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AALD.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moi_Air_Base#History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2024 18:57 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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