ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48450
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 December 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Serbian Air Force |
| Registration: | 75 |
| MSN: | 1189 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boka Kotorska Bay, off Tivat. Dalmatia -
 Montenegro
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boka Kotorska Bay, off Tivat, Montenegro |
c/no. 1189: DH.60G [Gipsy I] Moth Seaplane delivered to Ministry of War & Marine; Yugoslavia with C of A 2251 issued 27.9.29. Operated by the Serbian Air Force
Written off (destroyed) 31.12.35: Crew was performing a training mission. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the seaplane aircraft hit the mast of a ship and crashed into the bay of Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor), off Tivat, Montenegro. While both pilots were injured, the aircraft was lost. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere during the year 1935 (hence date of "31.12.35" - a purely "nominal" date, indicating that the mishap took placed no earlier than 1.1.35 and no later than 31.12.35)
Yugoslav Navy: Four DH.60X seaplanes delivered 9.29 - c/nos. 1181, 1182, 1183 & 1189. Three were given serials 73 to 75 and the fourth was simply named "Sarajevo". A further (unidentified) Moth Seaplane was purchased for Yugoslav Navy in 1936 as '76' (probably as a replacement aircraft for '75' which crashed in 1935 as described above). Two Yugoslav Moths were captured by Italy during WWII - '74' & “Sarajevo”. One DH Moth, probably ex-Yugoslav, was delivered to the Croatian Air Force in the early 1940s
The Bay of Kotor (Montenegrin and Serbian: Бока которска / Boka kotorska, Italian: Bocche di Cattaro), also known as Boka Kotorska Bay, is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated around the bay. It is also the southernmost part of the historical region of Dalmatia
Sources:
1. Air Enthusiast 51
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1935/archives/crash-of-a-de-havilland-dh-60-moth-in-tivat/
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Kotor
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2008 06:29 | harro | Added |
| 14-Oct-2013 00:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2017 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2017 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 25-Oct-2023 16:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
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