ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200757
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| Date: | Saturday 17 February 1940 |
| Time: | 16:25 LT |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | G.W.Young |
| Registration: | VH-UUG |
| MSN: | 7110 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cunnamulla, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cunnamulla, Queensland |
| Cunnamulla, Queensland |
c/no 7110: To De Havilland Australia with C of A 5076 issued 13.9.35. Registered as VH-UUG [C of R 558] 18.11.35 to Miss Nancy de Low Bird, Mascot, Sydney, NSW; named "The Conqueror". Re-registered 4.8.38 to G W Young, Cunnamulla, Queensland
Written off (destroyed 14.2.40: Crashed on takeoff at Cunnamulla, Queensland. Struck ground near the town hospital at 4.25 pm. Gordon Young had arrived at Cunnamulla on a flight from Sydney that day, then after lunch at the hotel returned to the airfield for a short local flight with a passenger. Both were killed.
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh85-leopard-moth-cunnamulla-2-killed
2. http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh85/dh85leopardmoth.htm
3. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UUG.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p071.html
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=27
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2009.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunnamulla
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Oct-2017 22:22 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Jun-2022 05:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Oct-2022 15:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-May-2023 11:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
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