Date:	Sunday 31 December 1933
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60 Moth
Owner/operator:	Yugoslav Navy
Registration:	73
MSN:	1181
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	off Kumbor, Herceg Novi, Bay of Kotor, Dalmatian Coast -   Montenegro
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Yugoslav minelayer vessel Zmaj, off Kumbor, Dalmatia
Destination airport:

Narrative:
c/no. 1181: DH.60G [Gipsy I] Seaplane to Ministry of War & Marine, Yugoslavia with C of A 2239 issued 17.9.29. Assigned to service aboard the Yugoslav minelayer vessel "Zmaj": the vessel was designed so that a single disassembled DeHavilland DH.60 Moth floatplane was stored in the aircraft hold, between the forward superstructure and the mainmast. Its components would be moved from the hold by the aircraft crane to the after deck where it could be assembled. Then the aircraft would be swayed over the side where it could be launched

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed while performing a loop off Kumbor, Herceg Novi, Bay of Kotor, Dalmation Coast, Montenegro (at approximate co-ordinates: 42°26′26″N 18°35′09″) in 1933*. The pilot was performing aerobatic manoeuvre on a demo flight near Kumbor, Montenegro when he lost control of the aircraft and it crashed into the sea. The pilot was killed.

(*Hence "nominal" date of 31.12.33, pending confirmation of exact date - aircraft definitely crashed between 1.1.33 and 31.12.33)

1. Air Enthusiast 51
2. Freivogel, Dr. Zvonimir (2001). "The Royal Yugoslav Seaplane Tender & Minelayer Zmaj". Warship International. Toledo, OH: International Naval Research Organization. XXXVIII (1): 46–55. ISSN 0043-0374.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_minelayer_Zmaj#General_characteristics
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
5. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-kumbor-1-killed
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbor

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Nov-2008 06:27	harro	Added
09-Dec-2011 17:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative]
10-Jan-2014 18:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Location, Source, Narrative]
25-Aug-2017 15:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Aug-2020 16:12	Sergey L.	Updated [Departure airport, Source]
06-Nov-2023 07:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Country, Departure airport, Narrative, Category]
11-Nov-2023 08:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]