ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200985
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| Date: | Thursday 25 November 1937 |
| Time: | 07:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | G. Christiansen |
| Registration: | LV-OAA |
| MSN: | 1011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | San Fernando Airport, San Fernando, Buenos Aires -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Fernando Airport, San Fernando, Buenos Aires (SADF) |
C/no.1011 DH.60G [Gipsy I #695] Moth Coupe registered G-AAHS [C of R 1997] 31.5.29 to The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. C of A 2139 issued 31.7.29. Entered by DeHavilland's in Challenge Internationale de Tourisme, Orly, Paris, France 8.29 (Round European Tour), flown by Capt. Hubert Broad (coded 'H5') and came in second. Loaned 8-9.29 to Daily Mail [whilst their DH.61 G-AAAN was on overhaul] and flown by Charles Bernard Wilson. Later used by DeHavilland for demonstration purposes. Regn cancelled 2.30 as sold abroad (although the register shows 2.29!). To Donald E Bideleux, Buenos Aires, Argentina (and packed for export 12.2.30; despatched per the ss 'Napier Star' on or before 27.2.30.
Re-registered in Argentina in March 1930 as 'R155' to Cia Aerovistas. To Colin Frank Abbott, 1.34. To Alejandro Christiansen, based at Curtiss airfield in San Fernando 17.1.35 (Still registered as such in 1937). Re-registered as LV-OAA in November 1937.
Destroyed by Hangar Fire at San Fernando Airport, San Fernando, Buenos Aires Argentina 25.11.37 (one of eight aircraft destroyed in this incident - see link #1)
San Fernando Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de San Fernando) (ICAO: SADF) is located 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of the center of San Fernando, a northwest suburb of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Sources:
1. New York Times November 26, 1937, Page 6: https://www.nytimes.com/1937/11/26/archives/8-planes-burned-in-argentina.html
2. https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/2013/06/lv-oaa-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-cn.html
3. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFhaHMiXQ==
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AAHS.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p010.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_LV-.html
7. [photo of hangar after fire] https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803894/
8. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando_Airport_(Argentina)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2017 21:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Apr-2020 08:12 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2023 07:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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