ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153496
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| Date: | Thursday 25 March 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Nils Olofsson |
| Registration: | SE-AHO |
| MSN: | 2118 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dorotea, Dorotea Municipality in Västerbotten County -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Sold to Wilson Airways Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya with C of A 2898 issued 7.2.31. Registered VP-KAK [C of R 11] on 30.3.31 to Wilson Airways Ltd; named "Knight Crusader". Delivered by air from Croydon by (Wilson's M.D.) Tom Campbell Black, departing 6.3.31. Flown by Campbell Black from Nairobi-Entebbe-Kisumu-Mombasa-Zanzibar-Dar-es-Salaam-Nairobi 8.7.31 (1,600 mile record).
Registration cancelled 31.5.37 as sold in Tanganyika [but not locally re-registered]. Registered 4.6.37 to J.A.R King, Dar-es-Salaam [still as VP-KAK]. Returned to UK 31.10.38. Registered as G-AFKV [C of R 8787] 9.11.38 to Thomas W.J. Nash t/a Nash Aircraft Sales & Hire Ltd, Croydon. C of A renewed 30.11.38. Registration cancelled 7.12.38 as sold.
Re-registered in Sweden as SE-AHO [C of R 198/C of A 253] 29.12.38 to Edvin Liljegren, Krokom. Re-registered 4.6.42 to Nya A/B Nils Olofsson, Goteborg. Registered 15.10.43 to Nils Olofsson, Goteborg.
Crashed at Dorotea, Dorotea Municipality in Västerbotten County (at approximate Coordinates: 64°16′N, 16°25′E) on 25.3.48 after collision with power line in bad weather. Registration SE-AHO cancelled 17.8.48.
Sources:
1. http://forum3.sff.n.se/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3862
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.amhult-lyse.se/torslandaflygplats/hemsida_ESGB/esgb_show.asp?xKat=flygpl394]
3. http://bildarkivet.jamtli.com/bild.aspx?nyckelord=flygplan&page=1&extra=skeks&rader=3&Kolumner=5&numinset=13&FotoId=107191
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFKV.pdf
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
9. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh80-puss-moth-dorotea
10. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_SE-.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2013 21:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Feb-2018 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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