ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203321
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 December 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major |
| Owner/operator: | E Flt Malayan Volunteer Air Force |
| Registration: | VR-SAZ |
| MSN: | 5073 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bayan Lepas International Airport, Penang, Straits Settlement -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bayan Lepas International Airport, Penang, Straits Settlement (PEN/WMKP) |
c/no. 5073: DH.60GIII Moth Major. Registered (C of R 4951) as G-ACPH 4.4.34 to Turab Ali Khan Agha, Hatfield Aerodrome, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. C of A 4267 issued 24.4.34. Re-registered [C of R 5718] 20.3.35 to Maurice A.G. Cadell, Hatfield. Re-registered [C of R 6567] 4.12.35 to Sir George J.E. Lewis, Rottingdean, Sussex [aircraft based at Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex]. Probably to Malcolm & Farquharson Ltd, Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex (in 1935-36).
Re-registered [C of R 7441] 9.11.36 to Cinema Press Ltd and operated by [subsidiary] Croydon Flying Club, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. Company went into receivership - receiver appointed 16.3.37. Re-registered [C of R 8103] 6.9.37 to Penang Flying Club, Penang, Straits Settlement, Malaya. UK Registration G-ACPH cancelled 2.12.37 as sold abroad.
Re-registered in Malaya VR-SAZ [C of R 26] 29.10.37 to Penang Flying Club, Penang, Straits Settlement. Impressed into military service with "E" Flight Malayan Volunteer Air Force. The unit had been formed at Penang 1.12.41 with five DG.60GIII Moth Majors [VR-SAB “4”; VR-SAC “20”; VR-SAK “21”; VR-SAZ “22”; VR-SBA “1”].
Four were destroyed in a Japanese air raid on Penang, Straits Settlement, Malaya, on 9.12.41. The sole survivor was flown to Ipoh on 10.12.41, thence to Kahang, Johore. To No.1 Detached Flight and destroyed during evasive action following Japanese bombing raid 14.1.42.
NOTE: There are also credible contemporary newspaper reports dated July and August 1940 which state that DH G60III Moth Major VR-SAZ crashed into the sea off Batu Maung Point near Penang at 7.30pm on 28.7.40, and sank to the bottom of the sea. There are no reports of the airframe being salvaged. "De Sumatra post" of 2.8.1940 explicitly refers to the Moth that crashed on 28.7.40 as "VR-SAZ" (see separate entry)
Sources:
1. As G-ACPH: http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ac/g-ac-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFjc3QiXQ==
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACPH.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-S.html
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20171017142915/http://www.malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk:80/node/65
7. As VR-SAZ: http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJ2ci1zYmEiXQ==
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_International_Airport#History
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 1940 | VR-SAZ | Penang Flying Club | 0 | Sea off Batu Maung Point, near Penang, Straits Settlement | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2017 23:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Dec-2017 23:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 23:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2020 21:24 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Sep-2023 17:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
| 01-Oct-2023 12:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Operator, Operator]]] |
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