ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17150
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| Date: | Sunday 4 September 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroclub du Congo Belge |
| Registration: | OO-CAA |
| MSN: | 7038 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maquela do Zombo, Uige Province -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Leopoldville, Belgian Congo |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 4909) 13.3.34 as G-ACOS to Captain Hubert S. Broad, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (aircraft based at Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex). C of A 4208 issued in March 1934.
UK registration G-ACOS cancelled by/on 31.3.34 as sold. Re-registered in Belgium as OO-BOB to Robert Jeanty; not taken up. Re-registered OO-CAA [C of R C1] 24.4.34 to Robert A Jeanty, Leopoldville. Also allocated Belgian C of R no.937 in 1953. To Aeroclub du Congo Beige, Leopoldville 31.12.54.
Crashed Maquela do Zombo, Uige Province, Angola 4.9.55. Congo registration cancelled 12.9.55, Belgian C of R cancelled 19.9.55. (Note: said to have been impressed in the Congo as "C 1" by the Force Publique. However this may just refer to the C of R number.)
Sources:
1. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh85-leopard-moth-maquela-do-zombo
3. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/de-havilland-dh85-leopard-moth
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACOS.pdf
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_OO-C.html
9. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2008.pdf
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquela_do_Zombo
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 07:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Oct-2017 20:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2017 21:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2017 21:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2022 21:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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