ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301688
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| Date: | Friday 3 March 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | BA Swallow 2 |
| Owner/operator: | W.L.W.Thompson |
| Registration: | VH-USH |
| MSN: | 24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Orange Airport, Orange, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Orange Airport, Orange, NSW (OAG/YORG) |
c/no 24: C of A 4502 issued 6.9.34 to Adastra Airways Ltd [Pobjoy Cataract]. Registered VH-USH [C of R 497] 19.11.34 to Adastra Airways Ltd, Sydney, NSW. Sold 6.10.35 [but not registered] to R.T. Vincent, Gulargambone, NSW. Registration cancelled 25.11.35. Re-registered 29.3.38 to Airflite Ltd, Sydney. Sold 20.6.38 and re-registered 22.7.38 to W.L.W. Thompson, Orange, NSW. Crashed on landing Orange, NSW 30.12.38. While under repairs, destroyed by fire in hangar fire at Orange Airport, Orange, NSW 3.3.39.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/BK_BAMco.pdf 2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U1.html 3. http://www.britishaviation-ptp.com/b/bamco_swallow.html 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Airport
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