ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153529
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 September 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Tata Sons Ltd |
| Registration: | VT-ADN |
| MSN: | 2176 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Juhu Airstrip, Bombay (Mumbai) -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Juhu Airstrip, Bombay (Mumbai) India |
| Drigh Road, Karachi | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered G-ABMN [C of R 3183] 17.6.31 to Squadron Leader The Hon. Pelham I Cochrane, Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. C of A 3085 issued 20.6.31. Registration cancelled 6.32 as sold abroad (and C of A renewed 8.6.32). Departed Heston 15.6.32 [flown by J.R.D. Tata].
Registered in India as VT-ADN [C of R 153] 27.7.32 to Tata Sons Ltd, Bombay. Air India traces its roots back to 18.10.32 when its founder, J. R. D. Tata flew a single engined De Havilland Puss Moth registered VT-ADN carrying air mail (postal mail of Imperial Airways) from Karachi's Drigh Road Aerodrome to Bombay's Juhu Airstrip via Ahmedabad. The aircraft continued to Madras via Bellary piloted by a Royal Air Force pilot named Neville Vincent. The first service arrived at Madras on October 16 and the first west-bound flight left Madras on October 17.
That same year, the airline was formally established as Tata Airlines, a division of Tata Sons Ltd. (now Tata Group), the large Indian industrial house. Following the end of World War II, regular commercial service was restored in India and Tata Airlines became a public limited company on 29 July 1946 under the name Air India.
Registration cancelled as written off 10.9.35; since the aircraft was only four years old at the time, this is presumably as a result of an accident in India, but details are lacking
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABMN.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
3. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061201043821AAgt34y
4. http://warbirds.in/Civil/regnpage.php?cur=100&max=50&fmreg=AAA&toreg=ZZZ&acname=&cropt=
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
6. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh80.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2013 14:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Dec-2017 18:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2017 18:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2017 18:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
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