ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280156
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Date: | Saturday 14 February 1942 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.60X Moth |
Owner/operator: | 'A' Flt Malayan Volunteer Air Force |
Registration: | VR-SBH |
MSN: | 451 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Palembang Airfield, Talang Betutu, South Sumatra -
Indonesia
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Palembang Airfield, Talang Betutu, South Sumatra |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no. 451 DH.60X Seaplane [Cirrus II #178]. Registered as G-EBUK [C of R 1491] 27.9.27 to The Singapore Flying Club. C of A 1290 issued 16.1.28. Named "Humming Bird" 28.4.28 (or possibly "Cherub"). Hit buoy on landing in Singapore Harbour and sank 26.7.29; salvaged and rebuilt. Fitted with Cirrus III engine in 1930. Owner renamed Royal Singapore Flying Club. In 7.32 fitted with Cirrus Hermes II engine (in 1933) and reportedly [in 3.34] converted as a landplane.
Registered VR-SAF 14.7.34 to Royal Singapore Flying Club (reported as “recently converted to seaplane”). Registration cancelled 1.9.34. The old Cirrus Hermes engine of VR-SAF was used in the reconstruction of a new Moth, built up from spares, which was registered VR-SBH 10.38 to Royal Singapore Flying Club (and retained the c/no. 451 of VR-SAF, despite the new registration). Withdrawn from use by 12.39. Rebuilt [as a landplane] in 1939/40 and impressed into 'A' Flight, Malayan Volunteer Air Force 1.12.41
Impressed into Malayan Volunteer Air Force, "A" Flight 1.12.41. The Unit was formed at Kallang 1.12.41 with six Moths [VR-SAF, VR-SAG, VR-SAI, VR-SBH, VR-RAS and VR-RAT]. One was destroyed at Singapore in January 1942 in an air collision with a RAF Brewster Buffalo.
Five survivors ferried to Palembang Airfield, Talang Betutu, South Sumatra 4.2.42. One damaged beyond repair after wing spar hit by bullet near Palemburg. VR-SBH is believed to have been one of the four remaining MVAF DH.60 Moths destroyed in the Japanese attack on Palemburg airfield 14.2.42.
Sources:
1.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf 2.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html 4.
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBUK.pdf 5.
https://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-S.html 6. As G-EBUK:
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVidWsiXQ== 7. As VR-SBH:
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJ2ci1zYmgiXQ== 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palembang#Airborne_attack 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Mahmud_Badaruddin_II_International_Airport#History Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jul-2022 10:35 |
Ron Averes |
Added |
28-Sep-2023 16:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |
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