ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182854
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 December 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | MFLKS (Naval Aviation Flying School) Flyvevåbnet |
| Registration: | 149 |
| MSN: | 900 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Flyvestation Avnø, Avnø, South Zealand -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Flyvestation Avnø, Avnø, South Zealand, Denmark |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 900: DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I] to Danish Navy with C of A 1682 issued 7.11.28. Delivered 12.11.28 as 149; Taken on charge 24.11.28, and operated as type LB.III with Naval Flying School, Flyvestation Avnø, Avnø, South Zealand, Denmark.
Withdrawn from use and struck off charge "because of age" 30.12.31. (May not have been the result of an accident, or written off due to only minor damage)
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://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/album%20dk.pdf
3. https://www.milfly.dk/pdf/Milfly.pdf
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Dec31.html
5. http://www.forgottenairfields.com/denmark/zealand/avno-s268.html
6. https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyvestation_Avn%C3%B8 [Danish Text]
7. https://www.forgottenairfields.com/airfield-avneo-268.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avn%C3%B8g%C3%A5rd
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2015 10:29 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Jan-2016 16:47 | 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] |
| 11-Aug-2017 23:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2017 23:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Jan-2024 10:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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