ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153464
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | A-W Ahlin |
| Registration: | SE-ACU |
| MSN: | 2050 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lake Mälaren, near Vasteras -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lake Mälaren, near Vasteras |
| Åre, Jämtland. | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
To WD Batsholts, Switzerland with C of A 2700 issued 29.8.30. Registered CH-261 19.9.30 to WD Batsholts, Geneva. Registered 1931 to Topsy-Club, Geneva-Cointrin. Registration cancelled (by 7.31). Returned to Croydon [presumably for sale] and flown [as CH-261] Croydon-Paris-Malmo/Bulltofta-Barkarby 11.5.31 by new owner Kurt Bjorkvall.
Damaged in forced landing Olstorp, near Nassjo 22.5.31; to ASJA for repairs, completed 11.8.31. Registered SE-ACU [C of R 88/C of A 139] 26.8.31 to Kurt Bjorkvall, Stockholm [based Barkarby] and painted up as “eagle” with feathers on wings and bird body along fuselage. Bjorkvall departed Stockholm/Barkarby 27.11.31 on flight to Monrovia, Liberia via Hamburg-Amsterdam-Paris-Lyon-Barcelona-Alicante-Rabat-Casablanca-Agadir-Cap Juby-Villa Cisneros-Dakar-Bathurst-Conakry, arriving Monrovia 10.12.31 and returned to Stockholm 30.12.31. C of A cancelled 26.5.34. Registered 6.7.35 to Thorsten Johansson, Norrkoping; C of A renewed 14.9.35. Registered 16.4.37 to A-W Ahlin, Sala. Crashed onto the ice at Lake Mälaren near Vasteras, startup failure on take off, killing both occpuants: registration cancelled
Sources:
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_SE-.htm
www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p020.htm
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Bj%C3%B6rkvall
http://forum3.sff.n.se/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3164
http://bildarkivet.jamtli.com/bild.aspx?page=1&rader=3&Kolumner=5&kommentar=1&pers=Lars+Gerestad&numinset=2&FotoId=25710
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2013 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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