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Date: | Sunday 26 June 1938 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | ZS-AJU |
MSN: | 5008 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Klerksdorp Airport, Klerksdorp, North West Province -
South Africa
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Klerksdorp Airport, Klerksdorp, North West Province, South Africa (KXE/FAKD) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Klerksdorp Airport, Klerksdorp, North West Province. South Africa
Klerksdorp is located in the North West Province, South Africa. Klerksdorp, the largest city in the North West Province, is located 165 km southeast of Mahikeng, the provincial capital.
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ABYZ.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p050.html 4.
https://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-1.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klerksdorp_Airport
History of this aircraft
c/no. 5008 DH.60GIII Moth Major [Gipsy III #3468] allocated to Aerofotos, Argentina but not taken up. Registered as G-ABYZ [C of R 3899] 8.32 to Dr Henry A Chodak-Gregory, London WC1 (based Heston). C of A 3564 issued 31.8.32. Damaged in forced landing Albiano Magra, near Spezia, Italy 20.12.32; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered [C of R 7609] 18.1.37 to Godfrey Scott-Pearse, Perth. Registration G-ABYZ cancelled 8.37 as sold abroad.
First registered in South Africa 9.8.37.
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Feb-2024 17:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
03-Feb-2024 17:12 |
harro |
Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |