Aircraft Photo of G-ABVW | De Havilland D.H. 60GIII Moth Major | AirHistory.net #359793
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-ABVW
Other Marks:15
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 60GIII Moth Major
C/n (msn):5003
Aircraft Name:Jason 4
Location
City / Airport:Hatfield (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGTH   IATA: HTF   Local: -   Other: -
Event:King's Cup Air Race 1933
 
Photo Date:8 July 1933
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 359793
Photo Comment

Detail of the same original as photo 359756, showing Amy Johnson's Moth Major Jason 4. It was sold to Laurence Lipton who flew it in the 1933 King's Cup race but suffered a broken propeller. G-ABVW to PH-ART as a regular Gipsy Moth, destroyed at EHYB on 10 May 1940. G-AAPZ / 33 is a Desoutter I.

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