Date:	Wednesday 23 June 1937
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:	8 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K1895
MSN:	1645
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Khormaksar, Aden -   Yemen
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Khormaksar, Aden
Destination airport:	RAF Khormaksar, Aden

Narrative:
c/no. 1645 DH.60M [Gipsy I]: Taken on charge as K1895 27.2.31 at RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey. To RAF Sealand for packing and crating for shipment overseas 26.4.34. To 8 Squadron, RAF Khormaksar, Aden 28.5.34. Badly damaged in crash on take-off in Aden 31.12.36; repaired and returned to service

Written off (destroyed) when crashed following in-flight disconnection of rudder bar over Khormaksar, Aden 23.6.37. Of the two crew, Pilot Officer P. J. G Davies was killed & LAC (Leading Aircraftman) W.R. Moys badly injured.

Struck off charge (by Iraq Command) 4.9.37

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain. 1976 page 11)
2. 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
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.ohttps://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-aden-1-killed-0rg.uk/dh/p016.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RAF#Reformation
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Khormaksar#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Jul-2020 14:13	Cobar	Added
01-Aug-2020 21:12	Angel Dick one	Updated [Operator, Operator]
11-Oct-2023 07:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]