Date:	Monday 10 April 2006
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	VH-JGS
MSN:	604
Year of manufacture:	1928
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Barwon Heads Airfield,1405 Barwon Heads Rd, Connewarre, Victoria -   Australia
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Barwon Heads Airport, VIC (YBRS)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Destroyed in hangar fire (during rebuild) caused in a bush fire at Barwon Heads Airfield, Victoria, Australia

Barwon Heads Airport (ICAO: YBRS) is a small airfield specifically for light aircraft on the Bellarine Peninsula near the township of Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia. It is primarily used for scenic flights, private aircraft and flight training.

1. http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/JGS
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
3. http://mrsamuel.aeroclub.com.au/queryac.php?query=&id=71&start=4&expand=JGS
4. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/57715-moth-and-auster-lost-in-fire-oz
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/84-register-australia
6. photos of burnt out remains: https://en-gb.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.199198923491181.49340.191837310894009&type=1
7. http://www.16right.com/GetRego.php?Mark=JGS
8. https://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/221361-aircraft-lost-barwon-heads-grass-fire.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barwon_Heads_Airport

c/no. 604: DH.60X [Cirrus II] Moth sold to DH Australia with C of A 1444 issued 12.6.28. Registered as G-AUGS [C of R 214] 9.8.28 to Capt. The Hon Hugh R Grosvenor, Adelaide, (ADC to, and used frequently by, the Governor of South Australia, General Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven). Re-registered VH-UGS 31.3.29. Flown by Hugh Grosvenor on Round-Australia trip, departing Adelaide 6.5.29, returning 5.6.29 (8,000 miles in total). Re-registered 6.1.30 to L C Matulich, Kimba, South Australia [based at Parafield, SA]. Registration cancelled 25.11.36.

Re-registered 17.1.41 to Mrs Gertie J McKenzie, Melbourne, Victoria. Re-registered 30.11.44 to C W Leich, still based at Melbourne, Victoria. Re-registered 3.6.46 to Ken Patterson, Port Pirie, SA. Registration lapsed 1947 (as requiring repair work) and registration VH-UGS cancelled 19.12.47.

Parts stored by Lionel Thomas (Mick) Betts, Geelong in 1985. Re-registered VH-JGS 3.7.96 to Lionel Thomas ["Mick"] Betts, Breakwater, Victoria; named “Roly Mova”.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jan-2014 21:32	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Jun-2022 04:16	Ron Averes	Updated [Operator, Location]
20-Nov-2022 22:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
12-Feb-2024 11:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
12-Feb-2024 11:38	ASN	Updated [Operator, Narrative]