ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27154
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 August 1941 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Airlines of Australia |
| Registration: | VH-UQL |
| MSN: | 2088 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Coen, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Thursday Island, Queensland |
| Cairns, Queensland |
c/no. 2088 To DH Australia in unerected form. Assembled and flown 23.6.32. Registered VH-UQL [C of R 447] 24.6.32 to Harry F. Broadbent, Coogee, NSW; named "Dabs II". Registraion suspended 23.9.32; restored 24.3.33. Registered 2.11.33 to JWF Collins, Beaudesert, Queensland. Registered 11.1.35 to De Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd, Mascot. Registered 1.4.35 to Beverley GM Shepherd, Darling Point, NSW [but based at Mascot]. Registered 24.4.36 to Thomas H McDonald & William D Lehfeldt t/a North Queensland Airways, Cairns, Queensland. Registered early 1937 to North Queensland Airways Pty Ltd, Cairns. Fitted with Gipsy Major 7.37. Registered 19.12.38 to Airlines of Australia Ltd, Cairns.
Port wing broke in mid-air and aircraft destroyed in crash at Coen, Queensland 27.8.41 en route Thursday Island to Cairns; pilot Frank Cohen, passengers Charles Hardy and Lt Col TR Miller killed.
Sources:
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/VH-UQL.html
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p020.htm
http://www.aussieairliners.org/crewlists/airaustralia.html
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh80.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday_Island,_Queensland
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Feb-2013 15:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2013 15:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 23-Feb-2013 16:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time] |
| 08-Jun-2022 05:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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