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| Date: | Tuesday 10 February 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Malayan Volunteer Air Force |
| Registration: | VR-SAW |
| MSN: | 6364 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Airfield P1, Talang Betutu, 10 miles from Palembang, South Sumatra -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Airfield P1, Talang Betutu, 10 miles from Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia |
c/no. 6364: C of A 5970 issued 7.7.37.(Gipsy Six engines#6707/6708). Registered VR-SAW [C of R 22] 30.8.37 to Wearne Bros Ltd t/a Wearne's Air Service, Kallang, Singapore; named "Governor Fullerton" 4.9.37. Registered [C of R 29] 7.1.38 to Wearnes Air Service Ltd, Singapore.
Impressed into 'B' Flight, MVAF (Malayan Volunteer Air Force) as “19” 1.12.41.
Written off after landing at Airfield P1, near Talang Betutu, 10 miles from Palembang, Sumatra 10.2.42 when starboard wings were sheared off by a Hurricane taxying to take-off in air raid.
At least as early as 1937, Palembang was served by a civil airport at Talang Betutu, operating as a Customs Aerodrome equipped with wireless and direction-finding equipment, and basic ground facilities. For Allies the airport was known as Palembang P1 (or just 'Airfield P1'). The airport was re-built by the Japanese army during the Japanese occupation (15.2.42 to 10.8.44).
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-S.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p063.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearne%27s_Air_Service
5. https://warfarewest.x10host.com/dutcheastindies/palembang.html
6. https://pacificwrecks.com/airfield/indonesia/palembang/index.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Mahmud_Badaruddin_II_Airport#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2022 10:23 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 08-Jul-2022 10:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 08-Jul-2022 10:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Mar-2025 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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