ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277672
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| Date: | Saturday 21 May 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Colombo Flying Club |
| Registration: | VP-CBB |
| MSN: | 83661 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Galle Face Beach, Colombo -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ratmalana Airport, Colombo, Ceylon (RML/VCCC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth MSN 83661: Taken on charge as T7294 at 46 MU RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire 26.9.40. To 20 OTU RAF Lossiemouth 21.9.41. Withdrawn from use for Maintenance repairs 6.10.43; to Taylorcraft, Rearsby, Leicestershire 15.10.43; to 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 31.12.43. To 25 [P] EFTS RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire 22.3.45. To 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 26.11.45. To 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 2.3.46.
Sold 2.5.46 to Liverpool Aero Club, Speke, Liverpool. Civil registered as G-AISZ (C of R 10944/1) 30.10.46 to Merseyside Aero & Sports Co Ltd, and operated by Liverpool Aero Club, Speke. C of A 8670 issued 2.5.47. Registration G-AISZ cancelled 25.5.48 as 'sold abroad'.
Re-registered in Ceylon as VP-CBB 12.7.48 to Colombo Flying Club, Ratmalana Airport, Colombo, Ceylon
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed onto Galle Face beach near Colombo, Ceylon 21.5.49; pilot killed.
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p836.html
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AISZ.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galle_Face_Green
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2022 17:02 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 07-May-2022 00:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 22:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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