ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182513
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| Date: | Saturday 20 June 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | MFLSK (Naval Flying School) Flyvevåbnet |
| Registration: | 148 |
| MSN: | 899 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Flyvestation Avnø, Avnø, South Zealand -
 Denmark
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Flyvestation Avnø, Avnø, South Zealand, Denmark |
c/no. 899: DH.60G Moth Seaplane [Gipsy I] to Danish Navy with C of A 1681 issued 7.11.28. Delivered 12.11.28 as '148'; Taken on charge 24.11.28 and operated as type LB.III with MFLSK (Naval Flying School) Avno. Written off (destroyed) when crashed on take-off at Avno, Zealand, Denmark on 20.6.31. No fatalities or injuries reported, Struck off charge 30.6.31 as "damaged beyond repair"
Flyvestation (Air base) Avnø was located on the peninsula of Avnø in South Zealand by Avnø Fjord. Here was the base of the Flying School, where pilots were trained for the Air Force. It was decommissioned when the air base moved to Karup in 1993. In 2004 the airfield's buildings and part of the land were converted into a nature centre
Sources:
1. https://www.milfly.dk/pdf/Milfly.pdf p 13
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Jun31.html
4. https://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/history%20acft%20dk.pdf
5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/9190123@N03/588657367/in/pool-dehavilland
6. http://www.forgottenairfields.com/denmark/zealand/avno-s268.html
7. https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyvestation_Avn%C3%B8 [Danish Text]
8. https://www.forgottenairfields.com/airfield-avneo-268.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avn%C3%B8g%C3%A5rd
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de Havilland Moth DH.60 (L.B. III) '148' of MFLSK (Naval Flying School) Flyvevåbnet on skis, Winter 1930-31Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2015 11:57 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Jan-2016 16:45 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 06-Jan-2016 17:10 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 14-Jan-2016 17:37 | TB | Updated [Date, Location, Source] |
| 11-Aug-2017 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2017 23:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2023 17:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 06-Jan-2024 20:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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