ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142273
Last updated: 20 May 2013
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Date:23-DEC-1939
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH82 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Operator:2 Flight, Kenyan Army Air Unit (KAAU)
Registration: K27
C/n / msn: 82597
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Karen, Nairoibi -   Kenya
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya
Destination airport:Karen, Nairobi, Kenya
Narrative:
VP-KCU DH.82A Tiger Moth [c/no.82597] (UK CofA issued 25.8.39) Regn reserved 2.7.39 for Wilson Airways Ltd. Taken over by Kenyan Army Air Unit on delivery and reservation cancelled 6.9.39. To KAAU as K27 and operated by 2 Flight, Eastleigh. Crashed and written off on landing Karen, Nairobi 23.12.39

Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p825.htm


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03-Feb-2012 20:51 Dr. John Smith Added
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