ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200775
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 October 1931 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | E. Kelley-Patterson |
| Registration: | ZS-ABN |
| MSN: | 803 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Steynsburg, Eastern Cape Province -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] registered G-AAAJ [C of R 1724] 31.8.28 to Lt Commander George P.G. [Glen] Kidston, Stag Lane [bought to replace G-EBVK but probably not delivered]. C of A 1617 issued 2.10.28. Registered [C of R 1788] 19.10.28 to Capt Malcolm Campbell, Stag Lane; named "Blue Bird".
Departed Croydon 3.11.28 for survey flight to North Africa by Campbell and Flt Lt D. Don in order to find long stretch of sand for land speed record attempt.
Forced landed on beach but ran into sea near Ouaouizert, Spanish Morocco on return flight 16.11.28. Salvaged and returned via Gibraltar to DH Stag Lane for rebuild; repaired 1.29 and shipped back to Campbell in South Africa for similar expedition. [Note - not the aircraft wrecked at Calvinia 25.2.29, which was Avro Avian ZS-AAK].
Registration cancelled as "sold abroad" 27.8.29. Registered in South Africa as ZS-ABN [C of R 35] 13.8.29 to [DH agent] John H Veasey, Johannesburg. Registered later in 1929 to G.S. Haggie, Johannesburg. Registered in 6.30 to Richard
Humble, Johannesburg; still named "Blue Bird". Re-registered 1931 to E Kelly-Patterson.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when Crashed at Steynsburg, Eastern Cape Province 6.10.31.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAAJ.pdf
3. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?142577-Help-identify-dH60-Gipsy-Moth
6. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
7. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/88-register-south-africa
8. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/zs-aaa.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2017 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Nov-2017 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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