ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202344
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 August 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | W. C. Mitchell |
| Registration: | VP-KBC |
| MSN: | 1271 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Lang'ata, Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Lang'ata, Nairobi, Kenya (WIL/HKNW) |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] registered as G-ABBM [C of R 2681] 19.6.30 to Sir Pyers G.J. Mostyn, Paris (based Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex and Nairobi, Kenya). C of A 2574 issued 5.7.30. Flown back to Hatfield by Mostyn; arrived 24.5.33 and replaced by DH.85 G-ACKK. Registration G-ABBM cancelled January 1934 as 'sold'. Re-registered in Kenya as VP-KBC. Registered 2.4.36 to W.C. Mitchell, Nairobi.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 18.8.37 at Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Lang'ata, Nairobi, Kenya. Both occupants on board were injured. Registration VP-KBC cancelled as destroyed 30.9.37
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. As G-ABBM: http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFiYm0iXQ==
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABBM.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.htmll
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html
6. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
7. As VP-KBC: http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJnLWFiYm0iXQ==
8. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-nairobi
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p012.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Airport#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Nov-2017 23:42 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Aug-2021 10:39 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Oct-2023 19:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
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