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| Date: | Saturday 14 February 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | 'A' Flt Malayan Volunteer Air Force |
| Registration: | VR-RAS |
| MSN: | RSFC.1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Palembang Airfield, Talang Betutu, South Sumatra -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Palembang Airfield, Talang Betutu, South Sumatra |
VR-SAO DH.60X [Gipsy I] assembled by Royal Singapore Flying Club as landplane from spares in 1934/35. Registered [with c/no RSFC.1] 23.3.36 to Royal Singapore Flying Club, Seletar, Singapore. Sold 1939 prior to replacement by DH.94.
Re-registered as VR-RAS 19.5.39 to Meyer Edward Nathan, Ipoh, Malaya. Re-registered 27.1.40 to M T Stanley, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. Returned to Singapore later in 1940. Impressed into MVAF, "A" Flight 1.12.41.
Impressed into Malayan Volunteer Air Force, "A" Flight 1.12.41. The Unit was formed at Kallang 1.12.41 with six Moths [VR-SAF, VR-SAG, VR-SAI, VR-SBH, VR-RAS and VR-RAT]. One was destroyed at Singapore in January 1942 in an air collision with a RAF Brewster Buffalo.
Five survivors ferried to Palembang Airfield, Talang Betutu, South Sumatra 4.2.42. One damaged beyond repair after wing spar hit by bullet near Palemburg. VR-SBH is believed to have been one of the four remaining MVAF DH.60 Moths destroyed in the Japanese attack on Palemburg airfield 14.2.42.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-S.html
3. As VR-RAS: http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJ2ci1zYW8iXQ==
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palembang#Airborne_attack
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Mahmud_Badaruddin_II_International_Airport#History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2023 17:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Sep-2023 17:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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