Date:	Tuesday 28 August 1962
Time:	overnight
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Cropcair Aviation Pty Ltd
Registration:	VH-BPI
MSN:	DHA.73
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Toowoomba Aerodrome, Mutze Street, Wilsonton, Toowoomba, Qld. -   Australia
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Toowoomba Aerodrome, Toowoomba, Queensland (TWB/YTWB)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
DH,82A Tiger Moth VH-BPI, Cropcair Aviation Pty Ltd: Written off (destroyed by fire) in a hangar fire at Toowoomba City Aerodrome, Mutze Street, Wilsonton, Toowoomba, Queensland, overnight on 28-29,8,62. The same hangar fire also destroyed another DH.82A Tiger Moth (VH-WPM), a DHC-1 Chipmunk (VH-DDD) and a DH87 Hornet Moth (VH-UUX). No injuries or fatalities were reported. Registration VH-BPI cancelled 29.8.62 as "destroyed"

Toowoomba City Aerodrome (IATA: TWB, ICAO: YTWB) is an airport located 2.2 nautical miles (4.1 km; 2.5 miles) northwest from the CBD of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Until 2015, it was called Toowoomba Aerodrome.

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17a.htm
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus0.html
4. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/12466:vh-bpi-1
5. The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette (Toowoomba, Qld) 29 August 1962
6. Photo of A17-76 in 1944: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C231980
7. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/Austcivb.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toowoomba_City_Aerodrome

c/no. DHA.73 (Gipsy Major #86257) Toc as A17-76 at 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW 2.9.40. To 4 EFTS RAAF Mascot, Sydney, NSW 2.9.40. Damaged when struck tree stump at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW 13.11.40: Undercarriage, airscrew spinner damaged. Damaged in \'Bouncy\' landing at Mascot, Sydney, NSW 14.6.41: Undercarriage and mainplane damaged. To 10 EFTS Temora 20.4.42. To DeHavilland Australia at Mascot, Sydney 6.7.42 for overhaul; to 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW 3.10.42. To 1 AOS 12.10.42; issued to 11 EFTS RAAF Benalla, Victoria 30.11.42; damaged in landing accident at RAAF Benalla, Victora 16.7.43. Withdrawn to storage reserve 7.5.45. To Care & Maintenance Unit RAAF Benalla, Victoria 1.3.46; put up for sale 7.6.46.

Sold 6.9.46 to Association of Australian Aero Clubs, Sydney for £100; issued to them 23.9.46. Registered as VH-BPI (C of R 2260) 27.1.55 to V J Johnston Pty Ltd, Albury, NSW. Re-registered 3.10.59 to David K Knight, Coonabarabran, NSW. Re-registered 15.9.60 to Hardy Bros Spraying Co, Pittsworth, Queensland. Re-registered 30.1.62 to Cropcair Aviation Pty Ltd, Runcorn, Brisbane, Queensland. Destroyed by fire by hangar fire at Toowoomba, Queensland 29.8.62 as per the above. Registration VH-BPI cancelled as "destroyed" 29.8.62.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Apr-2025 16:59	Dr. John Smith	Added