ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318138
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| Date: | Friday 26 March 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aero-Club Comodoro Rivadavia |
| Registration: | R-203 |
| MSN: | 1832 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Comodoro Rivadavia, Escalante Department, Chebut, Patagonia -
 Argentina
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Comodoro Rivadavia, Escalante Department, Chebut, Patagonia, Argentina |
c/no. 1832 DH.60G [Gipsy II #2096]. Exhibited at the De Havilland Exhibition in Buenos Aires, together with the DH80A Puss Moths c/no 2129 and c/no 2130, one in static display with Argentine civil markings and the other in flight at El Palomar, 3.3.31.
Sold locally, to Bieckert Brewery [i.e. SA Cerveceria Bieckert], to add to two already in their fleet. However, it was also reported that one of the DH.60Gs was loaned to two Argentinian officers Teniente N Gutierrez & his brother on 8.3.31 for a trial flight. They flew to some friends and struck HT cables and crashed/destroyed by fire – both were killed. The aircraft was “bought” by the Argentine Government as compensation 21.7.31 replacing the Moth R-1624.
To Agnes Aagaard 1934. To Aero-Club Comodoro Rivadavia 31.7.35. Aeroposta Argentina pilot Vito Palazzo flew this aircraft from Buenos Aires to Comodoro Rivadavia.
Written off 26.03.37: crashed and destroyed by fire at Comodoro Rivadavia, Escalante Department, Chebut, Patagonia, Argentina
Comodoro Rivadavia, often shortened to as Comodoro, is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill.
Sources:
1. Gabriel Pavlovcic (2008) Registros R 1928-1938 - Scan Ediciones
2. https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/2013/06/r-203-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-cn.html
3. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_R-.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html
6. [undated photo]: https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/2013/06/r-203-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-cn.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comodoro_Rivadavia
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2023 04:57 | gwydd | Added |
| 16-Oct-2023 14:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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