Date:	Tuesday 25 July 1933
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:	8 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K1212
MSN:	1524
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Near Aden Bombing Range, Khormaksar, Aden -   Yemen
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Khormaksar, Aden (ADE/OYAA)
Destination airport:	RAF Khormaksar, Aden (ADE/OYAA)

Narrative:
c/no. 1524 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #1098/A105857]. Taken on charge as K1212 at RAF Sealand 7.5.30 for packing and crating, prior to despatch by sea to 8 Squadron, RAF Khormaksar, Aden; arrived 7.8.30.

Written off (destroyed) when crashed onto the Aden Bombing Range, Khormaksar, Aden 25.7.33. Pilot - Pilot Officer Eric A Collyns killed.

Struck off charge 25.8.33.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain. 1976 page 11)
2. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1996)
3. 8 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1930 to 31-12-1938: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/113: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2502745
4. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-aden-1-killed
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p015.html
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17674-RAF-Fatalities-1933
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RAF#Reformation
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Khormaksar#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Jul-2020 16:08	Cobar	Added
01-Aug-2020 16:33	Angel Dick one	Updated [Operator, Operator]
23-Dec-2020 18:05	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
23-Dec-2020 18:05	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
13-Nov-2023 17:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]