ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352832
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| Date: | Monday 2 May 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AADW |
| MSN: | 988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kai Tak Airport, Kai Tak -
 Hong Kong
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
c/no. 988 DH.60G Auto-slot Moth [Gipsy I #202] allotted 1.29 to Pinchin Johnson & Co Ltd, Woodford, Cheshire; not taken up. Registered as G-AADW [C of R 1851] 21.1.29 to Walter Guy Robson, London NW8 (based Stag Lane, Edgware). C of A 1784 issued 28.1.29. Re-registered [C of R 3000] 24.1.31 to John Hallin Ford [Aviation manager of and nominee for Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd], Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex.
Departed Lympne, Kent 22.3.31, en-route to Shanghai, China & Far East tour. Damaged in forced landing in Greece in snowstorm 22.3.31; repaired and returned to service, but crashed [again] at Fort Boyard 4.31.
Fuselage shipped to Hong Kong for repair but destroyed by fire Kai Tak Airport, Kai Tak, Hong Kong 2.5.32 while awaiting repair. According to a published source on the history of Kai Tak airport (see link #8)
"Other than storms and rain, the mat sheds were also susceptible to fire. The situation was exasperated by the light-weight materials used in the planes, the petrol fuel and the chemicals used to dope the fabric covering the aircraft. Thus, mat shed fires were not uncommon, and in May 1932, there were two fires within one week"
Registration G-AADW cancelled by Secretary of State, Air Ministry 1.12.46 at post-war census. The aircraft record card states "N/A 16/9/46" which implies that the Air Ministry wrote to the last recorded owner on 16.9.46 and got no answer, hence the cancellation of the registration on 1.12.46
Sources:
1. South China Morning Post 3 May 1932: "Seaplane Hangar Destroyed, Fire Razes the Flying Club's Matshed, Blaze at Kai Tak": https://www.scmp.com/article/433968/1923-1932
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AADW.pdf
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFhZHciXQ==
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p009.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1981.pdf
8. https://industrialhistoryhk.org/kai-tak-aerodrome-part-2-construction/
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Tak_Airport#1925_to_1930s
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2024 20:48 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Mar-2024 20:49 | ASN | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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