Date:	Wednesday 16 April 1952
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Air Spread Pty Ltd
Registration:	VH-BKJ
MSN:	DHA.989
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Wodonga, Hume, Victoria -   Australia
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Albury Aerodrome, NSW (ABX/YMAY)
Destination airport:	Wodonga, Hume, Victoria

Narrative:
DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-BKJ, Air Spread Pty Ltd, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when Struck HT wires and crashed at Wodonga, Hume, Victoria 16.4.52. Aircraft was involved in agricultural (crop spraying/top dressing) operations at the time.

Registration restored 28.4.53 to same owner. but withdrawn from use and registration finally cancelled 27.7.54.

Wodonga is a city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, 324 kilometres (201 miles) north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the twin city of Albury-Wodonga and is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA and is separated from its twin city in New South Wales, Albury, by the Murray River.

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/12063:vh-bkj-1
3. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BKJ.html
4. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17b.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pAus9.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wodonga#Transport
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c/no. DHA.989: Taken on charge as A17-554 at 2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW 6.7.42. To 1 AOS RAAF Station Cootamundra, NSW 13.7.42. To 1 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Laverton, Victoria 2.8.42. To 7 EFTS Western Junction, Launceston, Tasmania 24.8.42. Transferred to Care & Maintenance Unit 1.6.45 for long-term storage pending disposal; put up for sale 15.5.46.

Struck off charge when sold 31.5.46 for £120 to F J Kirkland; issued to him 21.5.46. Registered as VH-BKJ (C of R 1450) 13.12.47 to William J Ambery, Western Junction, Tasmania. Re-registered (at an unknown date) to Edward J Dowling, Cressy, Tasmania. Registered 15.5.51 to Vernon G Reid, Hobart, Tasmania. Registered 15.10.51 to Schutt Aircraft Sales & Service, Cheltenham, Victoria. Re-registered 22.11.51 to Air Spread Pty Ltd, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when Struck HT wires and crashed at Wodonga, Victoria 16.4.52. Registration restored 28.4.53 to same owner, but withdrawn from use and registration finally cancelled 27.7.54.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-May-2025 18:22	Dr. John Smith	Added
18-May-2025 06:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, ]