ZS-ADH   de Havilland D.H.83 Fox Moth                       (c/b 4023)

                                 

                                      This Fox Moth was shipped out to de Havilland Aircraft Co of South Africa in October 1932.
                                      It was sold off to a private owner and then became part of the fleet of the Johannesburg Light
                                      Plane Club at Baragwanath.   In January 1936 it was sold to a private owner in Southern
                                      Rhodesia as VP-YBD.  It later became part of Spencer Airways based at Victoria Falls.
                                      It then went to Northern Rhodesia as VR-RCE before returning to Southern Rhodesia in
                                      1954 as VP-YLS  (Obviously Rhodesia was like New Zaland....repats were not given their
                                      old registrations).  It finally returned to South Africa as, of all things, a sprayer for Aerial
                                      Farming, Ltd, based at Rand Airport.  It was destroyed when it crashed into a wall during
                                      take off at Oranjeville, OFS on 24 January 1958.  Original photo by Jack McAdam,
                                      whilst the aircraft was still with D.H.S.A.
                                      Incidentally, I do not recall us ever using a Fox Moth for aerial spraying in Australia.
                                      I assume the cabin was used for the hopper?
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