Registration / Serial:S-AABN
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 60X Moth
C/n (msn):481
Promotional Titles:Allt för Alla
Location:Not known
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:3 February 1928 to 30 June 1928
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:424038Submit Correction
View count: 178
Seen carrying advertising for a magazine, this Moth had an interesting subsequent career. Bought by the Swedish state, it arrived in Svalbard by ship on 2 July 1928 to take part in the rescue efforts following the crash of the airship Italia. Its commander Umberto Nobile had been rescued by a Swedish Fokker C.V, but that plane crashed during its next landing on the survivors' ice floe. Flying the lighter Moth, Birger Schyberg managed to pick up the C.V's pilot, Lt Einar Lundberg. The Moth then served in the Swedish air force until a crash in 1930. After an extensive rebuild it flew as SE-ADZ until 1950.
Registration / Serial:S-AABN
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 60X Moth
C/n (msn):481
Location:Not known
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:3 February 1928 to 30 June 1928
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:S-AABN
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 60 Moth
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 60X Moth
C/n (msn):481
Promotional Titles:Allt för Alla
Location:Not known
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:3 February 1928 to 30 June 1928
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:424038Submit Correction
View count: 178
Seen carrying advertising for a magazine, this Moth had an interesting subsequent career. Bought by the Swedish state, it arrived in Svalbard by ship on 2 July 1928 to take part in the rescue efforts following the crash of the airship Italia. Its commander Umberto Nobile had been rescued by a Swedish Fokker C.V, but that plane crashed during its next landing on the survivors' ice floe. Flying the lighter Moth, Birger Schyberg managed to pick up the C.V's pilot, Lt Einar Lundberg. The Moth then served in the Swedish air force until a crash in 1930. After an extensive rebuild it flew as SE-ADZ until 1950.
Registration / Serial:S-AABN
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 60X Moth
C/n (msn):481
Location:Not known
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:3 February 1928 to 30 June 1928
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact