ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153472
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 December 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | E.H.Spencer t/a Spencers Air Services |
| Registration: | VP-YBC |
| MSN: | 2060 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Victoria Falls, Southern Rhodesia |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Sold to Aeros Pty Ltd, South Africa with C of A 2733 issued 10.9.30. Registered ZS-ACB 14.11.30. to Union Airways Ltd, Durban. Ex-Union Airways, was taken over by SAA in 1934. Unsuitable for airline operations it was used briefly by SAA for meteorological flights
Registration cancelled as sold in Southern Rhodesia 14.10.35. Sold to Spencers Air Services 15.7.35 and registered VP-YBC to EH Spencer, Victoria Falls.
Crashed Victoria Falls later in 1935. Registration cancelled 1951 as "sold pre-war" (but believed withdrawn from use after accident in the second half of 1935. The date of "31.12.35" is purely nominal: the aircraft crashed at some date between 15.7.35 and 31.12.35).
Sources:
http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH80A_Puss_Moth.html
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_VP-Y.htm
http://www.saamuseum.co.za/index.php/saa-aircraft-photographs.html
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/zs-aaa.pdf
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac2/NZAM/ZK-ACB.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2013 08:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Apr-2022 22:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Apr-2022 08:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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