Date:	Saturday 19 March 1949
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Schutt Aircraft Sales & Service
Registration:	VH-BMF
MSN:	DHA.333
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Innamincka Station, 2 miles NE of Innamincka, SA -   Australia
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Innamincka Station, near Innamincka, SA
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-BMF, Schutt Aircraft Sales & Service, Temora, NSW: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Innamincka Station, South Australia 19.3.49. Re-registered 28.4.49 to John P Conley, Broken Hill, NSW. Possibly only acquired for spares and components recovery (or any repair/rebuild attempts abandoned) as registration VH-BMF cancelled as "Withdrawn from use" on 14.10.49 some six months later. Registration finally cancelled 6.8.51.

Innamincka Station, often called simply Innamincka, is a pastoral lease in the Australian state of South Australia. It operates as a cattle station. It is located about 4 kilometres (2 miles) north-east of the small township of the same name. 23 km (14 miles) west of the Queensland border, and 246 km (153 miles) south-east of Birdsville. As of 2012 the station – the second largest in South Australia after Anna Creek station – occupied an area of 13,552 square kilometres (5,232 square miles) and was owned by the pastoral company, S. Kidman & Co. The name of the station derives from two Aboriginal words meaning "your shelter" and "your home".

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4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus3.html
5. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BMF.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innamincka_Station

c/no. DHA.333: Taken on charge as A17-314 at 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW 10.4.41. To 10 EFTS RAAF Temora, NSW 17.5.41. Stalled and crashed on landing at RAAF Temora, NSW 9.9.42; to De Havilland Australia at Mascot, Sydney, NSW 14.9.42 for repairs. Upon completion, to 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW 23.11.42. To 1 AOS Cootamundra 27.11.42 for storage; back to 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW 23.12.42 for fitting of long-range tanks. To 6 Communications Flight, RAAF Manbulloo 5.2.43; to RAAF Batchelor, NT 27.2.43; unit renamed 6 Communications Unit 29.10.43. Damaged in gale at RAAF Batchelor, NT 11.1.44; to 14 ARD (Aircraft Repair Depot) at Gorrie 13.1.44 for repairs. Upon completion, returned to 6 Communications Unit 24.7.44; to RAAF Darwin, NT 7.10.45. To 10 EFTS RAAF Temora, NSW 23.1.46 for storage; transferred to Care & Maintenance Unit 12.3.46. Put up for sale 7.6.46.

Struck off charge when sold 2.6.47 for £60 to A H Schutt, Temora; issued 13.6.47. Registered as VH-BMF (C of R 1578) 15.10.48 to Schutt Aircraft Sales & Service, Temora, NSW.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Innamincka Station, South Australia 19.3.49. Re-registered 28.4.49 to John P Conley, Broken Hill, NSW. Possibly only acquired for spares and components recovery (or any repair/rebuild attempts abandoned) as registration VH-BMF cancelled as \"Withdrawn from use\" on 14.10.49 some six months later. Registration finally cancelled 6.8.51.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Apr-2025 21:16	Dr. John Smith	Added