Date:	Saturday 6 January 1962
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Agricultural Aviation Pty Ltd, Archerfield
Registration:	VH-SCD
MSN:	84876
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Wandoan, Western Downs, Queensland -   Australia
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Wandoan, Western Downs, Queensland
Destination airport:

Narrative:
DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-SCD, Agricultural Aviation Pty Ltd, Archerfield, Brisbane, Queensland: Written off (Destroyed by fire) when parked at Wandoan, Western Downs, Queensland 6.1.62. Aircraft was invovled at the time in agricultural (crop spraying/top dressing) operations. No reported casulaites, as the aircraft was unoccupied at the time

Ex-T6547 (RAF Serial), G-ANMS. Registration VH-SCD cancelled 6.1.62 (same day) as "destroyed"

Wandoan is a town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Juandah. It is on the Leichhardt Highway about halfway between Taroom and Miles

1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://airwaysmuseum.com/Downloads/DCA%20accident%20reports%201956%20to%201968%20v2.pdf
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980)
4. As G-ANMS 1953-1956: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ANMS.pdf
5. As VH-SCD 1956-1962: https://www.austairdata.com.au/component/rsdirectory/entry/view/32168:vh-scd-1
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p848.html
7. https://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-SCD.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandoan
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c/no. 84876: Built by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. Taken on charge by the RAF as T6547 at 26 EFTS RAF Theale, Berkshire 9.8.41. To 17 EFTS RAF Peterborough 7.12.41. Major inspection 31.5.42; to Taylorcraft at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs 8.6.42. Upon completion, to 33 MU Lyneham 1.7.42. To 16 EFTS RAF Burnaston, Derby 14.3.43. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Shropshire 4.8.45. To 2 Grading Unit, RAF Kirton-in-Lindsay. Lincolnshire 16.6.52, coded "87". To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 7.4.53.

Struck off RAF charge when sold 18.11.53 to A J Whittemore [Aeradio] Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. UK Registered as G-ANMS (C of R R4421) 22.1.54 to A J Whittemore (Aeradio) Ltd, Croydon. Sold 22.7.55 to Continental Aircraft Services Ltd and registration lapsed. C of A (if any) not known. Registration G-ANMS cancelled 1.12.56 as \\'sold abroad - Australia\\'.

Re-registered in Australia as VH-SCD (C of R 2155) 3.5.57 to Agricultural Aviation Pty Ltd, Archerfield.

Written off (Destroyed by fire) when parked at Wandoan, Queensland 6.1.62. Registration VH-SCD cancelled 6.1.62 (same day) as "destroyed"

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jun-2025 06:32	Dr. John Smith	Added
11-Jun-2025 05:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]
12-Jun-2025 17:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Registration, Source, ]