ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202714
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Date: | Friday 28 February 1936 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major |
Owner/operator: | C.H. Edwards |
Registration: | VP-KAR |
MSN: | 5004 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Kakamega, Kakamega County, Western Kenya -
Kenya
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Kakamega, Kakamega County, Western Kenya, Kenya |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no. 5004: DH.60GIII registered as G-ABWT [C of R 3742] 30.5.32 to Henry W Sear, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire (and bought through Phillips & Powis). C of A 3474 issued 24.6.32. UK Registration G-ABWT cancelled as sold abroad 8.6.32. Flown Paris to Heston by Henry W. Sear as VP-KAR 22.7.32 and eventually departed Woodley for Kenya 31.8.32.
Re-registered in Kenya as VP-KAR on 24.9.32 to Henry W Sear, Nairobi. Re-registered 29.5.33 to George Blowers, Nairobi, Kenya. Re-registered 29.7.35 to C.H. Edwards, Kakamega.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 28.2.36 at Kakamega, Kakamega County, Western Kenya
and registration VP-KAR cancelled early in 1936
Sources:
1. As G-ABWT:
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFid3QiXQ== 2.
http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABWT.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html 4.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html 6. As VP-KAR:
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJnLWFid3QiXQ== 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakamega Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Dec-2017 23:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
25-Oct-2023 07:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |
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