Incident de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth VT-AEJ,
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Date:Thursday 3 October 1935
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH83 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth
Owner/operator:Madras Flying Club
Registration: VT-AEJ
MSN: 4071
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu -   India
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Madras (Chennai) Tamil Nadu, India
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
c/no 4071 To De Havilland India with C of A 3959 issued 27.6.33. (Gipsy Major #5245): Registered as VT-AEJ 13.9.33 to Rajah I. V. Krishna Row, t/a The Madras Air Taxi Service, Madras. Re-registered 7.9.34 to The Madras Flying Club Ltd. Entered in MacRobertson England to Australia Air Race 10.34 by V.L. Chandi, to be flown by A.M. Murad [Race No.27] but withdrawn prior to flight.

Registration canceled 3.10.35 as "written off" (details missing: presumed at or near Madras (Chennai) Tamil Nadu, India)

Sources:

1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh83.pdf
2. http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p040.htm
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.htm
4, http://warbirds.in/Civil/regnpage.php?cur=100&max=50&fmreg=AAA&toreg=ZZZ&acname=&cropt=
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vt-aaa.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Flying_Club#History

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Mar-2013 13:42 Dr. John Smith Added
27-Dec-2018 10:34 TB Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Dec-2018 10:36 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
27-Dec-2018 10:36 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
27-Dec-2018 10:37 TB Updated [Location]
03-Oct-2022 18:54 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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