ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74163
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| Date: | Saturday 1 June 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | TAL - Territory Airlines Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-AQS |
| MSN: | DHA.877 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Arona Gap, Eastern Highlands -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Goroka, New Guinea |
| Lae, Morobe Province, New Guinea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN DHA.877; Built by DeHavilland Australia at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. Taken on charge by the RAAF as A17-460 at 2 Aircraft Depot, Richmond 13.4.42. To 1 AOS Cootamundra 27.4.42. To 5 EFTS Narromine 30.5.42. To DH Australia at Mascot, Sydney, NSW 28.1.44 for overhaul (DH Australia No T216). To 2 AP 19.4.44; to 5 AD Wagga Wagga 25.4.44. To 11 EFTS Benalla 17.11.44 & stored. To 13 ARD Breddan 19.2.45 for fitting long-range tanks.
To 17 AOP Flight, New Guinea but forced landed on beach 5.4.45; recovered by barge to Cairns 9.4.45 and to 33 Operational Base Unit, Higgins Field 8.5.45 for repairs (completed by 23.6.45). Proposed ferry flight to 17 AOPF Bougainville. Proposed flight disapproved 28.6.45 and ferried inside C-47 instead. To 12 RSU Tadji 17.7.45 for reassembly; to 12 Local Air Supply Unit, Aitape 26.7.45. To 8 CU Madang 18.1.46; for sale 19.1.46; transferred to 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight, Madang (storage) 25.2.46.
Struck off charge when sold 4.4.46 for £175 to A T Collins, c/o Mandated Airlines, Lae; issued 17.4.46. Registered as VH-AQS (C of R 1089) 2.9.46 to J R Rose, Lae, New Guinea. Registration cancelled 19.12.47. Registered 20.7.50 to J A W Gray, Lae, New Guinea; operated by Crowley & Stockden Airways. Re-registered 5.5.55 to Territory Airlines Ltd, Goroka, New Guinea.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into a forest near Arona Gap, New Guinea 1.6.57 when en route Goroka to Lae; both persosn on board - J A W Gray & J Smith - killed. Registration VH-AQS cancelled 1.6.57.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus8.html
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/2a17b.htm
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17b.htm
5. Tiger Moth VH=AQS at Lae, New Guinea c.1947: http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa2/VH-AQS.html
6. https://mapcarta.com/16546760
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2010 01:47 | Petro | Added |
| 03-May-2010 00:46 | Petro | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2014 23:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2021 18:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 25-Jun-2023 10:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Cn, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
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