ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221916
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| Date: | Friday 3 May 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Wearne's Air Service |
| Registration: | VR-SAV |
| MSN: | 6360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rawang, Selangor -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Penang, Straits Settlement, Malaysia |
| Kallang, Singapore |
C/no. 6360: C of A 5930 issued 28.5.37; delivered to Singapore 19.6.37. (2 x Gipsy Six #6683/6684). First civil registered as VR-SAV [C of R 21] 6.7.37 to Wearne Bros Ltd t/a Wearne's Air Service, Kallang, Singapore; named "Governor Raffles"; but reportedly entered service 28.6.37. Re-registered [C of R 28] 7.1.38 to Wearnes Air Service Ltd, Singapore.
Destroyed when crashed in thunderstorm on the Waterfall Estate rubber plantation near Rawang, Selangor, 20 miles North of Kuala Lumpur, killing all three on board, including pilot Captain G McCausland (35), John Samuel Radford (36) and Herbert Charles Pinching.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-S.html
3. The Mercury 6 May 1940, p1: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25801099
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2019 23:37 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Feb-2019 20:58 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2019 20:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2022 10:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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