ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18753
Last updated: 20 May 2013
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| Date: | 18-DEC-1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Operator: | Malayan Volunteer Air Force |
| Registration: | MVAF 18 |
| C/n / msn: | 6360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ipoh, Perak -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ipoh, Malaya |
c/no.6360: CofA 5930 issued 28.5.37. Registered VR-SAV [CofR 21] 6.7.37 to Wearne Bros Ltd t/a Wearne's Air Service, Kallang, Singapore; named "Governor Raffles". Entered service 28.6.37. Registered [CofR 28] 7.1.38 to Wearnes Air Service Ltd, Singapore.
Impressed into 'B' Flight, MVAF (Malayan Volunteer Air Force) as “18” 1.12.41. Destroyed on ground at Ipoh, Malaya 18.12.41 (at approximate Coordinates:04°34′04″N, 101°05′31″E) after landing, when struck by fragmentation bomb during air raid by Japanese forces; 2 on board killed
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_VR-S.htm
http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Dec41.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 14:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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