ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300162
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| Date: | Saturday 27 February 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | De Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor |
| Owner/operator: | 22 AACU RAF |
| Registration: | HX796 |
| MSN: | 9405 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Dum Dum, Calcutta, West Bengal, Brit. India -
 India
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dum Dum, Calcutta, India |
c/no 9405 (Gipsy Minor #20120): Cabin version initially flown in "Class B" markings as "E.7"; in use as cabin demonstrator at DH Hatfield [7.38]. Flown 3.39 with "geared" Gipsy Minor engine #20120. (The "geared" engine spun the propeller counter-clockwise). Possibly rebuilt [by 7.39] as "new" cabin machine. Registered as G-AGAM (C of R 9271) 21.2.40 to The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield. C of A 6800 issued 16.2.40. Registration cancelled 30.5.40 as sold.
Re-registered in India as VT-AMD 6.40 to De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Karachi. Actuially dIspatched ex-Hatfield 21.9.40. Impressed into military service as HX796 in 1941. Active at Ambala, India [10.41]. Registration VT-AMD cancelled 7.3.42. To 2 AACU (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit), Drigh Road, Karachi (1942); unit renamed 22 AACU in 12.42.
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off at Dum Dum, Calcutta, India 27.2.43. Struck off charge 30.4.44
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGAM.pdf
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH94.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p941.html
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vt-aaa.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport#Early_history
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Oct-2022 23:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Oct-2022 01:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 24-Oct-2022 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Jul-2023 19:59 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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