ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202714
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| Date: | Friday 28 February 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major |
| Owner/operator: | C.H. Edwards |
| Registration: | VP-KAR |
| MSN: | 5004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kakamega, Kakamega County, Western Kenya -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kakamega, Kakamega County, Western Kenya, Kenya |
c/no. 5004: DH.60GIII registered as G-ABWT [C of R 3742] 30.5.32 to Henry W Sear, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire (and bought through Phillips & Powis). C of A 3474 issued 24.6.32. UK Registration G-ABWT cancelled as sold abroad 8.6.32. Flown Paris to Heston by Henry W. Sear as VP-KAR 22.7.32 and eventually departed Woodley for Kenya 31.8.32.
Re-registered in Kenya as VP-KAR on 24.9.32 to Henry W Sear, Nairobi. Re-registered 29.5.33 to George Blowers, Nairobi, Kenya. Re-registered 29.7.35 to C.H. Edwards, Kakamega.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 28.2.36 at Kakamega, Kakamega County, Western Kenya
and registration VP-KAR cancelled early in 1936
Sources:
1. As G-ABWT: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFid3QiXQ==
2. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABWT.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html
6. As VP-KAR: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJnLWFid3QiXQ==
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakamega
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2017 23:50 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Oct-2023 07:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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