ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1358
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Border Cities Aero Club |
| Registration: | G-CAUQ |
| MSN: | 638 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Walkerville Aerodrome, Walkerville, Windsor, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Walkerville Aerodrome, Walkerville, Ontario (YQG/CYQG) |
| Walkerville Aerodrome, Walkerville, Ontario (YQG/CYQG) |
c/no 638: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II] to DH Canada with C of A 1470 issued 21.6.28; delivered to DH Canada at Mount Dennis 13.7.28. Registered as G-CAUQ [C of R 508] 8.9.28 to Dept of National Defence and issued (on loan) 6.9.28 to Border Cities Aero Club, Walkerville, Ontario.
Written off when crashed at Walkerville, Ontario 20.5.31; On approach to Walkerville Aerodrome, aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances and was destroyed by impact forces. Both occupants, pilot J.A. Wiele and passenger M. Heller were killed. Registration G-CAUQ cancelled 20.5.31 as "destroyed"
Windsor International Airport (IATA: YQG, ICAO: CYQG) is located in the southeast portion of the city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The airport opened in 1928 as Walker Airport, (also known as Walkerville Aerodrome) and was named after Hiram Walker, a 19th-century whiskey distiller and distributor of the Canadian Club brand.
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C1.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-walkerville
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/cab_detail_G_CA.htm
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p006.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_International_Airport#History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2008 05:47 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2014 23:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2017 17:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2019 14:03 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Nov-2023 20:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 29-Nov-2023 20:29 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Country] |
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