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| Date: | Monday 26 April 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Perak Flying Club |
| Registration: | VR-RAM |
| MSN: | 3537 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kramat Pulai mine, Pulai, Kinta district, Perak -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Penang, Straits Settlement |
| Kramat Pulai mine, Pulai, Kinta district, Perak | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth VR-RAM, C of A 5777 issued 2.2.37. Registered VR-RAM (C of R 16) 11.3.37 to J.D. Mead, c/o Messrs Osborne & Chappel, Ipoh, Perak; operated by Perak Flying Club.
Crashed Kramat Pulai mine, Pulai, Kinta district, Perak, near Ipoh 25.4.37 (or 26.4.37); pilot Captain George A Bentinck MC injured and passenger Ronald D Wilson killed. Presumed repaired, as re-registered (C of R 25) 7.3.39 to Kuala Lumpur Flying Club. Impressed into "C" Flight, MVAF (Malaysian Volunteer Air Force) as ‘9’ 1.12.41. Destroyed in hostile military action 1942.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-R.html
4. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 26 April 1937, Page 1: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19370426-1.2.9
5. The Straits Times, 26 April 1937, Page 12: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19370426-1.2.70
6. The Straits Times, 27 April 1937, Page 12: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19370427-1.2.84
7. The Straits Times, 20 June 1937, Page 8 (Inquest into death of passenger): http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19370620-1.2.73
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2019 19:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Jul-2021 22:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 30-Jul-2021 23:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, Category] |
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