ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163187
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| Date: | Thursday 4 August 1927 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Dennis M. M. Rooke |
| Registration: | G-EBQJ |
| MSN: | 371 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aurangabad, Maharashtra -
 India
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India |
| Darwin, Northern Territories, Australia |
DH.60 [Cirrus II] registered as G-EBQJ [C of R 1344] 22.2.27 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd; built as a seaplane. Registered [C of R 1385] 14.5.27 to [Australian] Dennis M.M. Rooke, Hove, West Sussex; named "Marjorie". Converted to landplane and C of A 1140 issued 21.5.27. Rooke departed Croydon 24.5.27 en-route to Australia. Damaged on landing at Karachi 20.6.27; repaired.
Written off when crashed into a palm tree on take-off from Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India 4.8.27; pilot (Dennis M.M. Rooke) injured. Remains auctioned at Aviation Ball for Calcutta charities 8.9.27 but fate unknown. Registration G-EBQJ cancelled 12.3.28 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBQJ.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVicWoiXQ==
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p003.html
6. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangabad,_Maharashtra
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2014 20:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Sep-2017 20:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2023 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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