Incident De Havilland DH.60M Moth G-AAUH,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201652
 
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Date:Saturday 31 July 1937
Time:overnight
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
De Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:Airworthiness Ltd
Registration: G-AAUH
MSN: 1462
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent -   United Kingdom
Phase: Standing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/no. 1432: DH.60M [Gipsy I] first registered as G-AAUH [C of R 2412] 7.2.30 to William Lindsay Everard MP, Ratcliffe Hall; also operated by Leicestershire Aero Club, Desford, Leicestershire. C of A 2417 issued 15.2.30. Re-registered [C of R 4564] 26.6.33 to Gravesend Aviation Ltd, t/a Gravesend School of Flying, Gravesend, Kent. Re-registered [C of R 6416] 18.10.35 to [successor company] Airworthiness Ltd, Gravesend Airport. Gravesend, Kent.

Written off when destroyed in hangar fire while parked at Gravesend Airport, Gravesend, Kent 31.7.37. Registration G-AAUH cancelled 3.8.37 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"

Sources:

1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFhdWgiXQ==
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAUH.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1939.htm
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p014.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravesend_Airport#Civil_operation

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Nov-2017 18:00 Dr. John Smith Added
05-Mar-2018 15:14 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date, Narrative]
10-Oct-2023 06:15 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Date, Narrative]]

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