ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192723
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| Date: | Saturday 9 December 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroclub de Kamina |
| Registration: | 9Q-CKS |
| MSN: | 3663 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jadotville (Likasi), Katanga -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jadotville (Likasi), Katanga, Belgian Congo |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth MSN 3663 No C of A; supplied as airframe 1.38 without engine to the de Havilland Aircraft Co of South Africa Pty. Registered in South Africa as ZS-ANU 5.38. Impressed into SAAF (South African Air Force) as 1531 in 1940. Sold off and regsitration ZS-ANU restored in 1947 - probably to Johannesburg Light Plane Club, Baragwanath. South African regsitration cancelled 11.6.53 as sold.
Re-registered in Belgian Congo as OO-CKS (C of R 990/C.235) on 14.7.53 to L Sonck, Kamina. Re-registered 8.9.55 to Aeroclub de Kamina, Kamina. Re-registered 2.5.56 to Aeroclub de Jadotville, Jadotville, Belgian Congo. Re-registered as 9Q-CKS in 1961.
Written off (Destroyed) 9.12.61 in UN bombing raid at Jadotville (Likasi), Katanga, (then) Belgian Congo.
Likasi (formerly official names: Jadotville (French) and Jadotstad (Dutch)) is a city in Haut-Katanga Province, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Belgian Congo).
Note: Between 13.9.61 and 31.12.61 at least four DH.82A Tiger Moths were destroyed at the airfield at Jadotville: 9Q-CVA, 9Q-CVB, 9Q-CJG and 9Q-CKS. Therefore, it is presumed (but not 100% confirmed) that 9Q-CKS was the aircraft involved
Sources:
1. La Nacion 10 December 1961, p57
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jadotville
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-1.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p036.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2017 16:57 | TB | Added |
| 24-Sep-2021 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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