ZK-BBB de
Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth
(c/n 3406)
Another truly woeful image. This Tiger
was operated by the Auckland Aero Club among
whose
fleet it reposes here. However, this is a very old and rare
Tiger, being the pre-war
G-ADOM.
It was impressed into service in September 1940 as BB679 and became
G-AMRC
when re-civilianzed in 1952. It shipped out to New Zealand
in June of that year.
It was
written off in a rather bizarre accident on 22 April 1956 when the
tailskid fouled a glider
towrope at
Ardmore aerodrome, resulting in its crashing and being damaged beyond
repair.