Incident De Havilland DH.60M Moth CF-AGJ,
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Date:Thursday 2 January 1941
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
De Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:R.G.Wells
Registration: CF-AGJ
MSN: 1349
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Chilliwack Airport, 3 miles SE of Chilliwack, British Columbia -   Canada
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Chilliwack Airport, Chilliwack, British Columbia (YCW/CYCW)
Destination airport:Chilliwack Airport, Chilliwack, British Columbia (YCW/CYCW)
Narrative:
C/no. 1349 DH.60M [Gipsy I #586] to DeHavilland Canada, Mount Dennis without C of A; arrived 25.6.29. Erected 2.11.29, and first flown 5.11.29. Registered as CF-AGJ [C of R 782] 6.11.29 to Southern Alberta Airlines Ltd, Lethbridge; dispatched by rail 6.11.29.

Registered (C of R 782) 30.4.31 to W.A. Sherman, Granum, Alberta. Registration lapsed 20.5.33; renewed 17.6.35. Re-registered (C of R 1598) 15.7.35 to Associated Air Service Ltd, Vancouver. Re-registered [C of R 1719] 15.6.36 to Len Foggin, t/a Foggin Flying Service, Vancouver. Re-registered [C of R 2301] 7.9.38 to E. Eversfield, Chilliwack, British Columbia. Re-registered (C of R 2675) 25.6.40 to R. G. Wells, Chilliwack.

Wrecked when overturned on landing in field near Chilliwack Airport, 3 miles South East of Chilliwack, British Columbia 2.1.41. On landing, the single engine aircraft owned by R. Wells went out of control and came to rest upside down. The pilot was injured.

Sources:

1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-chilliwack
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-.htmll
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-a?highlight=WyJjZi1hZ2oiXQ==
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Jan41.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p013.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilliwack_Airport

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Aug-2017 21:37 Dr. John Smith Added
29-Sep-2023 18:20 Dr. John Smith Updated

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