Date:	Saturday 5 April 1958
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Airspread (Australia) Pty Ltd
Registration:	VH-ASE
MSN:	83187
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ruby, 6 miles East of Korumburra, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria -   Australia
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Ruby, near Korumburra, Victoria
Destination airport:	Moorabbin Airport, Melbourne, Victoria (MBW/YMMB)

Narrative:
DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-ASE, Airspread (Australia), Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria: Written off (Badly damaged) in gales while parked at Ruby, 6 miles East of Korumburra, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria 5.4.58 during agricultural (Crop spraying/top dressing) operations

Registration VH-ASE cancelled 8.5.58 as "Withdrawn from use"

Note that the above incident applies to VH-ASE "the 2nd". The first Tiger Moth to be regsitered as VH-ASE was c/no.DHA.32 (ex-A17-35) which was written off (damaged beyond repair) 10.6.52 when crashed on landing at Bacchus Marsh Airfield, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria (see sparate ASN entry).

Korumburra is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is located on the South Gippsland Highway, 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland Shire local government area.

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. The Canberra Times (Canberra, ACT) Saturday 5 April 1958 Page 1: Southern States Lashed by Gales
3. As VH-ASE ("the 2nd") 1957-1958: https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/10576:vh-ase-2
4. AS VH-AUJ: 1951-1957: https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/10774:vh-auj-1
5. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa2/VH-ASE%281%29.html
6. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austa2/VH-AUJ.html
7. http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a17d.htm
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p831.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korumburra

c/no.83187 (Gipsy Major #83465): Built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge as T5462 at 4 MU RAF Cowley, Oxford 14.5.40 and shipped direct to Australia. Taken on charge by RAAF 18.7.40 and retained RAF
serial.

To 7 EFTS RAAF Western Junction, Launceston, Tasmania 15.9.40. Put up for sale and auctioned at RAAF Western Junction, Launceston, Tasmania May 1946.

Struck off charge when sold 28.6.46 to G D Pratt. Registered as VH-AUJ 9.10.51 to Schutt Aircraft Sales & Service, Cheltenham, Victoria. Re-registered 19.10.51 to Air-Spread Pty Ltd, Moorabbin. Damaged when caught in downdraft while spraying at Billop, Tasmania 1.5.52; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered (in 1956) to Airspread Australia, East Brighton, Victoria. Re-registered VH-ASE ("the 2nd") in June 1957 to Airspread (Australia) Pty Ltd, Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria.

Written off (Badly damaged) in gales while parked at Ruby, 6 miles East of Korumburra, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria 5.4.58. Registration VH-ASE cancelled 8.5.58 as "withdrawn from use", so presumed not repaired.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-May-2025 06:27	Dr. John Smith	Added