ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206289
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| Date: | Monday 8 July 1940 |
| Time: | 11:50 LT |
| Type: | De Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor |
| Owner/operator: | Laverton CF RAAF |
| Registration: | A21-11 |
| MSN: | 94074 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea off RAAF Point Cook, Melbourne, VIC -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria |
| RAAF Laverton, Melbourne, Victoria |
mid-1939: Construction commenced by De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd at Hatfield, England
10.08.39: Allotted registration [C of R 8988] as G-AFOA for order from Leicestershire Aero Club Ltd, Leicester Airport. Airframe uncompleted at Hatfield when DH.94 production line shut down. Application for British C of A cancelled.
16.10.39: British Registration cancelled by Secretary of State (back-dated to 10.8.39 due wartime restrictions on private flying). Uncompleted airframe sold to De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Sydney and shipped to Australia
00.01.40: Assembled at Mascot to RAAF order for 41 Moth Minors. Test-flown at Mascot, Sydney, NSW
14.02.40: Taken on RAAF charge as A21-11. Received 2 Air Depot Richmond ex De Havillands
27.02.40: Issued to No.1 Service Flying Training School, Point Cook ex 2 Air Depot. For instructor training.
05.06.40: Allotted to 1 Air Depot Laverton ex 1 SFTS for practice flying
18.06.40: Allotted Communications Flight, Laverton ex 1 Air Depot (later to be renamed No.1 CF)
08.07.40: Forced ditching in water of bay adjacent Point Cook airfield. Forced landing after departure from Point Cook to Laverton, due engine failure. Pilot Officer A. S. Hayes unhurt.
15.07.40: Allotted to 1 Air Depot ex Communications Flight for inspection and possible repair
04.09.40: Converted to Instructional Moth Minor No.5
00.10.40: Airframe allotted No.1 Engineering School, Melbourne Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, Melbourne. Engine made serviceable, removed from airframe and placed in reserve stock
23.08.45: Approved for conversion to components ex 1 Engineering School and broken up
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFOA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh94/dh94mothminor.htm
5. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a21.htm
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p940.html
7. https://www.ozatwar.com//ozcrashes/vic82.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2018 19:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Nov-2018 16:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2019 07:45 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2022 20:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2022 20:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Oct-2022 00:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Category] |
| 27-May-2023 11:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location, Category]] |
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