Date:	Saturday 20 November 1948
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Royal Singapore Flying Club
Registration:	VR-SCT
MSN:	DHA.854
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Straits of Singapore, off Kallang Aerodrome, Kallang, Singapore -   Singapore
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Kallang Aerodrome, Kallang, Singapore
Destination airport:	Kallang Aerodrome, Kallang, Singapore
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
DH.82A Tiger Moth VR-SCT, Royal Singapore Flying Club: Written off (destroyed) when crashed into the sea (The Straits of Singapore) off Kallang Aerodrome, Kallang, Singapore 20.11.48; wreckage salvaged but not repaired.

Registration VH-SCT cancelled 30.11.49. Ex-DX811, A17-722, VH-ASY.

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/10649:vh-asy-1
3. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa2/VH-ASY.html
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17c.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus8.html
6. The Straits Times, 21 November 1949, Page 1: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19491121-1.2.1
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallang_Airport#The_war_years_and_after
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Strait

c/no. DHA.854: Built to UK Government order in 1942 for SAAF/RATG (South African Air Force/Rhodesian Air Training Group) as DX811 but not delivered & stored unassembled at Bankstown, Sydney, NSW. Transferred to RAAF and taken on charge as A17-722 on 24.11.43. To De Havilland Australia at Mascot, Sydney, NSW for assembly & modifications. To 2 Aircraft Park, RAAF Richmond, NSW 17.1.44. To 10 EFTS RAAF Temora, NSW 20.1.44; withdrawn to storage reserve 20.8.45. Transferred to Care & Maintenance Unit 12.3.46. Allocated to Royal Navy/Fleet Air Arm at Sydney 10.8.45 (delivered 22.8.45). To Maryborough Station Flight by 1.9.45 (until 31.10.45). To 2 Supply Depot, Regents Park & struck off charge when sold 23.4.46.

Registered VH-ASY (C of R 1078) 1.10.46 to Macquarie Grove Flying & Glider School Pty Ltd, Camden, NSW. C of N to Macquarie Grove Flying School Pty Ltd. Registration VH-ASY cancelled as \"sold to Singapore\" 30.4.48. Re-registered VR-SCT by 1.6.48 to Royal Singapore Flying Club.

Written off (destroyed) when crashed into sea off Singapore 20.11.48; salvaged but not repaired. Registratuion VH-SCT cancelled 30.11.49.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-May-2025 14:07	Dr. John Smith	Added