Incident de Havilland DH.60G Moth VT-AFE,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352153
 
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Date:Friday 21 October 1938
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:The Northern India Flying Club Ltd
Registration: VT-AFE
MSN: 1922
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:unknown -   Pakistan
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Believed crashed.

The Northern India Flying Club Ltd operated out of Walton Airport, near Model Town, 6 miles from Lahore, Punjab, British India (Pakistan since the 1947 partition of India).

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vt-aaa.pdf
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-india-register/g-iaaa-to-vt-aim?highlight=WyJ2dC1hZXQiXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p019.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton_Airport#History

History of this aircraft

c/no. 1922 DH.60G Moth to DeHavilland India without engine or C of A. Registered as VT-AFE 5.3.34 to De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Karachi. Re-registered 25.3.34 to The Northern India Flying Club Ltd, Lahore. Registration cancelled 31.5.36 as "crashed and written off". Re-registered [C of R 215/1] 7.12.36 to same owner. (Therefore, presumed to have been repaired and returned to service).

Registration VT-AFE cancelled 21.10.39 as "crashed 21.10.38".

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Mar-2024 20:47 Dr. John Smith Added
02-Mar-2024 20:50 ASN Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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