ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139861
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| Date: | Monday 27 January 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 |
| Owner/operator: | South Coast Aero Club |
| Registration: | VH-BAW |
| MSN: | C1/0091 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wingabee Station, Coonamble, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Wingbee Station, Coonambie, NSW | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
VH-BAW had come onto the Australian civil register as VH-GAM in early 1957 to the Gilgandra Aero Club, having previously been with the RAF as WB651. (Struck off charge as such at 22 MU, RAF Silloth, Cumbria on 29/08/1956). Following a nasty accident with a fence on the perimeter of Mendooran airfield, the club repaired the aircraft, and re-registered it VH-GIL (the second) in 1958.
South Coast Aero Club acquired it in 1962 and re-registered it VH-BAW. As such, it was written off when it crashed at Wingabee Station, Coonamble, NSW on 27 January 1964
In 2006 the Queensland Air Museum began work on restoration of a DHC-1 Chipmunk, marked as "VH-BAW". However, this airframe is a complex composite of several Chipmunks, including parts of WG410/VH-MRR, WB761/VH-RWI, WB622/VH-BSP and WB651/VH-BAW. It is reported that only the port wing of the 'original' VH-BAW has been used in this restoration
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J halley, Air Britain 1985 p.20)
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BAW.html
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WB
4. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.133263966721967.24044.131781546870209&type=1
5. https://qam.com.au/aircraft/chipmunk/VH-RVV.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2011 06:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Apr-2014 02:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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