ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16423
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| Date: | Sunday 21 June 1936 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Widerøes Flyveselskap |
| Registration: | LN-BAU |
| MSN: | 1557 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nærsnes, Røyken, Asker municipality, Viken -
 Norway
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nærsnes, Røyken, Asker municipality, Viken, Norway |
c/no.1557: DH.60M Auto slot Moth [Gipsy II #2031]. Registered as G-ABDB [C of R 2738] 7.30 to Flt Lt Edward Henry Fielden, as nominee for The Duke of Gloucester, Northolt; [probably also operated by his brother, HRH The Prince of Wales]. C of A 2649 issued 22.8.30. Sold 6.33 to DeHavilland's [in part exchange for DH.84 G-ACGG]. Sold 7.34 [by Brooklands Aviation Ltd] to Mr Malmstrom & Lauritz Christiansen. Re-registered [C of R 5281] 31.7.34 to Lauritz Lund Christiansen, [nominally based Hatfield]; departed Hatfield 2.8.34 for Sweden.
C of A lapsed 15.5.35 but briefly renewed for period 5.7.35 to 19.7.35. [UK registration belatedly cancelled by
Secretary of State 15.8.45 after post-war census]. Converted to seaplane 1935. Re-registered in Norway as LN-BAU [C of R 30] 29.8.35 to Wideroes Flyveselskap A/S, Oslo
Crashed 21.6.36 shortly after takeoff from Nærsnes, Røyken, Asker municipality, Viken, Greater Oslo, Norway. The airplane was destroyed and both occupants were injured, among them the pilot John Bernhard Gilhus.
Registration LN-BAU cancelled 3.7.36 as "destroyed"
Nærsnes is a village in Røyken in Asker municipality in Viken, Norway. It is located along the Oslofjorden between Båtstø and Slemmestad. It is considered a part of the Greater Oslo area
Sources:
1. Norwegian Civil Aircraft since 1919 / K. Hagby, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 2 7)
2. Dagbladet 22 June 1936
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ABDB.pdf
5. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFiZGIiXQ==
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-naersnes
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p015.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A6rsnes
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2008 13:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Dec-2011 08:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2017 10:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2017 10:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 19-Sep-2017 12:23 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2017 20:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2017 20:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Mar-2020 18:26 | TB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2023 17:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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