ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294238
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| Date: | Friday 27 June 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Club du Congo Belge |
| Registration: | OO-CAF |
| MSN: | 7092 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boma Airport, Boma, Kongo Central Province -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Boma Airport, Boma, Kongo Central Province (FZAJ) |
C/no. 7092 To Mile S Lippens, Belgium with C of A 4686 issued 13.2.35. Registered OO-AVD [C of R 324] 22.2.35 to Mile Suzanne Lippens, Bruxelles. Registered 9.12.37 to Robert Fester, Antwerp. Flown 1.38 by Fester and Jean Stampe in Rallye du Hoggar, Algeria.
Registration cancelled 7.5.40. Believed registered as OO-CAF 25.6.40 to M Fischer, Boma, Belgian Congo. Re-registered 26.10.40 to Koloniaal Bestuur. Impressed into Force Publique and painted in military c/s as "CA-F". Later given serial L51; in service until 7.10.54 when Struck Off Charge.
Re-registered 7.10.54 to Aero Club du Congo Beige, Leopoldville and registration OO-CAF restored. Registration cancelled 27.6.58 after crashed at Boma Airport, Boma, Kongo Central Province, Belgian Congo. Note that the date "27.6.58" is the date that the registration OO-CAF was cancelled and not necessarily the date of the accident which caused the demise of this aircraft (which may have been earlier).
Sources:
1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/de-havilland-dh-85-leopard-moth
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2009.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2010.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
5. https://aviationfanatic.com/ent_show.php?ent=5&AC_Regno=OO-CAF
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boma_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Oct-2022 00:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Oct-2022 16:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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