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Date: | Friday 7 November 1930 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
Owner/operator: | 24 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | J9112 |
MSN: | 519 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Surrey |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:DH.60X Moth J9112: Struck taxying Fairey IIIF Mk. IV K1117 at RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey. 07/11/1930.
Not 100% clear if written off (damaged beyond repair) due to this incident, but there are no further entries on the aircraft's record card after this date (so not confirmed when struck off charge)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force aircraft J1-J9999 and WWI survivors (Ray Sturtivant & Dennis Thompson, Air Britain, 1987)
2. 24 Squadron ORB for the period 1.4.1926 to 30.4.1939: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/292/1:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8409747 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p005.html 4.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 5.
http://www.24sqnassociation.royalairforce.net/Downloads/24%20Iss16.pdf. 6.
https://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Nov30.html 7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kenley#History
History of this aircraft
c/no. 519 DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II] taken on charge by RAF as J-9112. Delivered by DeHavilland to 24 Squadron, RAF Northolt 4.2.28. Taken by DeHavilland engineer to Northolt 12.29 for unspecified modifications before being returned to service early in 1930.
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Mar-2024 07:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
01-Apr-2024 15:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |