ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146066
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| Date: | Friday 24 October 1941 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Vrijwillig Vlieger Corps |
| Registration: | PK-VVK |
| MSN: | DHA458 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kemayoran, near Batavia, West Java -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Kemajoran, East of Batavia, Indonesia |
DH.82A Tiger Moth DHA.458 (Gipsy Major #226). Built by DH Australia at Mascot, NSW. Supplied to Vrijwillig Vlieger Corps (VVC) in Netherlands East Indies in July/August 1941 and registered as PK-VVK in the PK-VVA to PK-VWX series
Written off (daamged beyon repair) when struck trees after loss of engine power; crashed 24.10.41 at Kemayoran, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Per a rough translation from the original report in Dutch: "The wreck of the school EVO De Havilland aircraft DH.82A, PK-VVK, Tiger Moth. East of Batavia, Kemayoran 24-10-1941. The unit belonged to the VVC/Batavia. 'Schroefbruek' [sic]" [=propeller failure?] "was the cause, and" [the aircraft] "made an emergency landing at a Chinese cemetery near the village" [of] "Serandang. The kite-indtructeur" [flight instructor] "Major-Constable J. A. Remmerswaal was killed in the crash"
Kemayoran is a district of Central Jakarta, Jakarta in Indonesia. The area was best known as the location of the former Kemayoran Airport. Kemayoran Airport (JKT,/WIID) also spelled Kemajoran Airport, was the principal airport for Jakarta, Indonesia, from 8 July 1940 until 31 March 1985, when it was replaced by Soekarno–Hatta International Airport.
Sources:
1. http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1940.htm#24.10.1941
2. http://www.maritiemdigitaal.nl/index.cfm?event=search.getdetail&id=120108685
3. https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/zoekresultaat?n_o_m=facet&month=10&year=1941&collection=DIMCON&day=24&list=0
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_PK-.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemayoran_Airport#Era_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies_Government
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serdang,_Kemayoran
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2012 12:38 | harro | Added |
| 26-Sep-2012 01:38 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-May-2014 01:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2019 10:41 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, Embed code] |
| 10-Aug-2021 18:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Sep-2021 08:14 | Cobar | Updated [[Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
| 22-Sep-2021 08:21 | Cobar | Updated [Time] |
| 04-Jul-2023 04:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time]] |
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