ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166089
Last updated: 29 January 2021
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| Date: | 28-FEB-1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Ansett Airways |
| Registration: | VH-UNF |
| C/n / msn: | 1368 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Essendon, Melbourne (MEB/YMEN) |
C/no. 1368 DH.60M [Gipsy I] to DH Australia with C of A 2100 issued 5.7.29. Registered VH-UNF [C of R 352] 11.1.30 to James Loneragan (Mudgee) Co, Mudgee, NSW. Re-registered 22.5.32 to Harry Broadbent, Sydney. Re-registered 5.9.32 to A.T. Cridland, Mascot. Re-registered 16.9.34 to Reginald M Ansett, t/a Ansett Flying School, Essendon. Re-registered 1936 to Ansett Airways Ltd, Essendon.
DH.60 Moth VH-UNF was one of six aircraft that were destroyed in a severe hangar fire at Essendon Airport, Melbourne, on 28.2.39.
Sources:
1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48310170
2. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/vhunf.html
3. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VH-U.html
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=27
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-May-2014 18:17 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Aug-2017 22:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2017 22:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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