ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199213
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| Date: | Sunday 16 October 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wilson Airways |
| Registration: | VP-KAS |
| MSN: | 1911 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport ? -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya (WIL/HKNW) |
| Mombasa, Kenya |
c/no 1911: DH.60G [Gipsy II] Moth to Wilson Airways Ltd, Kenya with C of A 3571 issued 1.9.32. Registered as VP-KAS 1.10.32 to R Ussher & P.O. Mweiga, Nyeri [or possibly Wilson Airways – see also VP-KAX, c/no 1913].
Written off when crashed 16.10.32, possibly at Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya. Aircraft was operating a scheduled passenger service Nairobi-Mombasa-Tanganyika-Zanzibar-Dar Es Salaam, and crashed on the first leg (Nairobi-Mombasa). No reported fatalities among the two persons on board (pilot and one passenger). Registration VP-KAS cancelled 1.33.
Sources:
1. Encyclopedia of African Airlines by Ben R. Guttery page 104
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-kenya
3. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJ2cC1rYXMiXQ==
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html
6. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p019.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Kerr_Wilson#Wilson_Airways
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Airport#History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2017 17:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-May-2020 19:08 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Nov-2023 13:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Nov-2023 13:22 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase] |
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