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Date: | Thursday 7 May 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
Owner/operator: | 1 EFTS RIAF |
Registration: | VT-AMN |
MSN: | 83600 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile north of Begumpet aerodrome, Hyderabad, Telangana -
India
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Begumpet aerodrome, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (BGM/VOHY) |
Destination airport: | Begumpet aerodrome, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (BGM/VOHY) |
Narrative:De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83600 (Gipsy Major #83732); Originally allocated as T5884 but replaced as such by MSN 83365. C of A 6855 issued 19.9.40 to Government of India. Indian civil registered as VT-AMN 20.12.40 to Government of India; operated by 1 EFTS Begumpet.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed into palm trees while low flying 1 mile North of Begumpet aerodrome, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 7.5.42; both crew - Pilot Officer Dara Phirozshah Majoo RIAF (Instructor Pilot) and Officer Cadet Shiam Sunder Nath Dar RIAF (Pilot Under Training) - were killed. Registration VT-AMN cancelled 19.8.42.
NOTE: Officially impressed into military service as DG460 in 1941 but serial not used/not taken up (remained as VT-AMN until its demise). Also, the file at the National Archives at Kew (File AIR81/14213 - see link #3) gives the crash location as "aircraft accident at Allahabad, India, 7 May 1942" (and not in the Begumpet area).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain. 1997 p.46)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/14213:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17206850 4. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2576603/dara-phirozshah-majoo/ 5. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2594890/shiam-sunder-nath-dar/ 6.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf 7.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p836.html 8.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=VT-AMN 9.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=66476 10.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-1.html 11.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vt-aaa.pdf 12.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/VT-AMN 13.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begumpet_Airport#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Mar-2022 16:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
11-Mar-2022 16:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Narrative] |
11-Mar-2022 16:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
11-Mar-2022 16:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
27-Mar-2022 19:42 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |