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Date: | Wednesday 8 December 1937 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
Owner/operator: | Light Aeroplanes Pty Ltd [Pike Bros], Brisbane |
Registration: | VH-UGW |
MSN: | 834 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Brisbane River at Corinda, near Brisbane, Queensland -
Australia
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) when crashed into the Brisbane River at Corinda, Queensland 8.12.37.
Corinda is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 2. As G-AUGW:
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/g-au?highlight=WyJnLWF1Z3ciXQ== 3. As VH-AGW:
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-australian-register/vh-ua-um?highlight=WyJnLWF1Z3ciXQ== 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p008.html
History of this aircraft
c/no. 834 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I engine#56, amended to #85] to QANTAS with C of A 1667 issued 30.10.28. Registered as G-AUGW [C of R 295] 6.6.29 to Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd (QANTAS), Longreach, Qld. Re-registered VH-UGW later in (July?) 1929. Sold 5.8.29 and re-registered 27.9.29 to S Zlotkowski, Muttaburra, Queensland. Sold 8.5.30 and re-registered 11.6.30 to Qantas Ltd, Brisbane, Qld; fleet number 32 and operated service from Daly Waters to Birdum. Re-registered 18.1.34 to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd, Archerfield, Qld. Re-registered 30.4.37 to Light Aeroplanes Pty Ltd [Pike Bros], Brisbane, Qld.
Registration VH-UGW cancelled 17.11.38.
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Mar-2024 21:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
12-Mar-2024 21:15 |
ASN |
Updated [Narrative] |
12-Mar-2024 21:16 |
ASN |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source] |