ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136709
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| Date: | Thursday 18 December 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya (FAU) |
| Registration: | E-600 |
| MSN: | 3312 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Paso Mazangano, Cerro Largo, Departamento de Tacuarembó -
 Uruguay
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Capt. Juan Manuel Boiso Lanza Air Base, Montevideo (SUBL) |
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 3312 (Gipsy Major #5845) CofA 4589 issued 26.11.34 to Uruguayan Army as '4'. Delivered by sea during 1.35 on the s.s 'Avila Star' to The School of Military Aviation (EMAv) at Aerodrome Capt Boiso Lanza, Montevideo; erected and reflown 28.1.35. Re-serialled 'E4' in 1936. Damaged in accident 30.11.36; repaired and reflown 3.37. To Aeronautical Base No.1 11.37. Re-serialled [by 9.41] as 'E-600'. Damaged in forced landing with engine failure 30.9.46; repaired & reflown 3.47. Modified as crop-duster 9.47.
Written off (destroyed) when Crashed at Paso Mazangano, Cerro Largo, Departamento de Tacuarembó, 18.12.47; pilot Corporal Galvez unhurt.
According to a rough translation of a published Uruguyan source (see link #2 for the original Uruguyan text):
"On April 30 [1947], once the maintenance works were finished, the DGTAG&S returned four Tiger Moths, E-603, E-604, E-606 and E-608 to the EMAer in flying order. To these six pilots a new mission was assigned flying the DH82A, that of aerial fumigation. During those years the north east of the country was affected by great waves of locusts arriving from Brazil, which ruined vast areas of plantations during their passage.
In order to combat the plague, the “Aerial Service of the Fight against Locusts” was organized using a combined force of civil and military aircraft and pilots. The available Tiger Moths were adapted for their new function by the installation of a tank, made to measure and fixed inside the rear cockpit. The system was manually operated by the pilot occupying the front seat using a rudimentary mechanism which released the chemicals through a chute in the floor. With these, 120 hours were flown during the Application Course, towards the end of which there was a serious accident.
As from September [1947], the last nine surviving Tiger Moths were all at Boiso Lanza and of these, only E-600, E-603 and E-613 were still in flying order.
On December 18 [1947], whilst performing the fumigation task, E-600 was lost in an accident in Mazangano, a district of Cerro Largo. Her pilot, Corporal T. Galvez, fortunately was unharmed. The machine, still bearing the serial prefix “E”, was written off having recorded 1,804 hours, reducing the Tiger Moth fleet to seven.
The deactivation of E-605 was ordered, together with that of the other three which had suffered accidents in the same year; E-600, E-608 and E-613, through the DGAM Order of February 18, 1948".
Sources:
1. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/user/fleet/uruguay-af-de-havilland-dh-82-tiger-moth.htm
2. http://www.pilotoviejo.com/historiatigermothen.htm
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2011 11:07 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 25-Aug-2011 14:19 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2011 12:48 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2011 09:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2012 10:16 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2021 20:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 31-Aug-2021 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Category] |
| 01-Sep-2021 16:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
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