ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154261
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 January 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Mandated Airlines Ltd |
| Registration: | VH-UBB |
| MSN: | 4090 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Salamaua, Morobe -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Salamaua, Papua New Guinea |
Registered G-ACRK [C of R 4998] 10.7.34 to John Grierson, Rochester; named "Robert Bruce". C of A 4379 issued 11.7.34. Specially modified with Short Bros floats for England to Canada flight via Iceland and Greenland Ice Cap [reportedly test flown by De Havilland in "Class B" markings as E.10]
Grierson departed Rochester 20.7.34 [or 21.7.34] but the Fox Moth was damaged at Reykjavik, Iceland and Grierson returned to England with damaged parts for repair. Flight recommenced 22.8.34 and arrived Ottawa 30.8.34.
Crashed in Ottawa River on tests near Rockcliffe, Ottawa 6.9.34; repaired and arrived New York 11.9.34. Registration G-ACRK cancelled 7.5.35 as sold abroad.
Registered in Australia as VH-UBB [C of R 546] 7.10.35 to W R Carpenter & Co Ltd, Salamaua, New Guinea; named "Roberta". Operator renamed Mandated Airlines Ltd 6.10.36. Damaged in forced landing at Bulolo River, New Guinea 7.7.41 [pilot A J Myers].
Destroyed by enemy action at Salamaua, Morobe Province, New Guinea 21.1.42. Registration cancelled 11.3.42
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACRK.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
4. http://ab-ix.co.uk/dh83.pdf
5. http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/dh83/dh83.htm
6. https://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UBB.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p040.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2013 15:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Dec-2017 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2023 02:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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