Incident de Havilland DH.60M Moth G-AAKS,
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Date:Monday 24 March 1930
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:National Flying Services
Registration: G-AAKS
MSN: 1396
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bremershal Forest, Hessenthal-am-Main, Bavaria -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
c/no 1396 DH.60M Autoslot Moth [Cirrus III #466/3] registered as G-AAKS [C of R 2108] 30.7.29 to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth. C of A 2138 issued 3.8.29.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed in the Bremershal Forest, Hessenthal-am-Main, Germany 24.3.30. Registration cancelled July 1930 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"

Bremershal Forest is located in Hessenthal-am-Main, a small village in the Spessart hill range of Bavaria, Germany. Hessenthal is a village and a former municipality in the district of Aschaffenburg in Bavaria in Germany

Sources:

1. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFha3MiXQ==
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-hessenthal-am-main
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p013.html
6. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AAKS.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespelbrunn
8. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessenthal [German text]

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Nov-2017 18:19 Dr. John Smith Added
26-May-2020 15:14 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
22-Dec-2023 17:52 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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