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| Date: | Saturday 15 March 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth |
| Owner/operator: | N E Waugh |
| Registration: | VP-KDS |
| MSN: | 4035 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Entebbe -
 Uganda
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bukoba, Tanzania |
| Entebbe, Uganda | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
To DH South Africa with C of A 3712 issued 30.12.32. Registered VP-YAK 11.3.33. Possibly the DH.83 sold to London Rhodesian Mining & Ranching Co, as the personal aircraft of Digby Burnett.
Registered ZS-AEW 22.6.34. [A DH.83 was acquired by Johannesburg Aero Club 2.38; this appears to be the only candidate]. Impressed into military service with the South African Air Force as SAAF 1413 in 1940.
Registration ZS-AEW restored by 31.1.47 (probably at Baragwanath). Delivered to Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya 12.1.47 and registered in 4.47 as VP-KDS to Noon & Pearce Air Charters Ltd, Nairobi West.
Registered 26.10.51 to N E Waugh, Bukoba, Tanganyika. Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Entebbe 15.3.52. Not repaired and registration cancelled 31.1.54
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh83.pdf
www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p040.htm
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_VP-Y.htm
http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/aircraft/135/d-h-83-fox-moth
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_VP-Y.htm
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/zs-aaa.pdf
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_ZS-.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2013 08:36 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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