ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216025
Last updated: 25 December 2020
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| Date: | 22-JAN-1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Clube da Beira (ACB) |
| Registration: | CR-ABM |
| C/n / msn: | DHA755 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Beira Sofala -
 Mozambique
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Beira Sofala, Mozambique |
Ex-RAF DH82A Tiger Moth DX680. To Southern Rhodesia Air Force, then South African Air Force as SAAF2430. Sold off for civil use as ZS-BYZ. South African registration not taken up, then to Mozambique in 1946 as CR-ABM with the Aero Clube da Beira (ACB)
Written off (destroyed) 22/1/56 when crashed on take off at Beira Sofala, Mozambique
Sources:
1. Voando em Moçambique (blog 361+682): http://voandoemmozambique.blogspot.com/search?q=361
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus7.html
3. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2018 10:38 | TB | Added |
| 05-Oct-2018 19:22 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 23-Mar-2020 20:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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