ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153452
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| Date: | Thursday 19 February 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Roy M Edwards |
| Registration: | VH-UPN |
| MSN: | 2023 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Parap Airfield, Darwin, NT -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Parap Airfield, Darwin, NT |
To DH Australia with CofA 2720 issued 10.9.30. Regd VH-UPN [C of R 411] 11.11.30 to De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Mascot, Sydney, NSW; used as demonstrator, following grant of local C of A 21.11.30.
Damaged in ground loop on landing on Gerringong Beach 4.4.31; repaired. Registration suspended 23.9.32 and restored 17.2.33. Sold 2.5.33 to and registered 30.8.33 to C Arthur Butler, Mascot (later Cootamundra). Re-registered 28.8.35 to Robert C Godsall, Bellvue Hill, Sydney, NSW; named "Skylark". Re-registered 10.8.40 to Roy M Edwards, Darwin. C of A lapsed 30.9.41 and aircraft stored at Parap Airfield, Darwin.
Destroyed by Japanese bombing of the Guinea Airways hangar at Parap Airfield, Darwin 19.2.42. Bombs landed on and outside the hangar, which collapsed on VH-UPN. The hangar, and the aircraft within, were destroyed by fires started by incendiary bombs. Registration cancelled 19.5.42 as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p020.htm
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UPN.html
3. http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a267086.pdf
4. https://email.ipage.com/index.php/15-aeroplanes/84-register-australia
5. http://www.warbirdsdirectory.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh80/dh80.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2013 17:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Jan-2014 10:21 | TB | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2014 01:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2014 01:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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