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Date: | Monday 8 May 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | Kuala Lumpur Flying Club |
Registration: | VR-RAN |
MSN: | 3591 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Genting Peras, on the Selangor-Pahang border, central Malaya -
Malaysia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaya |
Destination airport: | Seremban, Malaya |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 3591 (Gipsy Major #8987) C of A 5883 issued 22.4.37. Registered as VR-RAN (C of R 17) 19.10.37 to Kuala Lumpur Flying Club.
Written off (destroyed) 8.5.39 when caught in a storm, crashed and burnt out in jungle area, near Genting Peras, central Malaya, on the Selangor-Pahang border. Pilot - Ernest Littleton Hay (aged 36) - was killed. The search was originally called off on 11.5.39, (see link #5) but presumably restarted, and the body of the pilot recovered, as his funeral was held on 19.5.39 (see link #6)
Registration VR-RAN formally cancelled 30.9.39
Sources:
1.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm 2.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html 3.
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other 4. Morning Tribune, 10 May 1939, Page 2:
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19390510-1.2.12 5. Morning Tribune, 12 May 1939, Page 2:
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19390512-1.2.9 6. Funeral Of Mr. E. L. Hay - Morning Tribune, 20 May 1939, Page 2:
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19390520-1.2.8 7.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 8.
http://wikimapia.org/33289565/Kampung-Orang-Asli-Tanjung-Rambai Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Feb-2019 22:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
01-Aug-2021 18:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
01-Aug-2021 18:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location] |