![]() ![]() Resold to De Havillands as museum piece by Jefferson for the same sum of £185 plus a donation of £25 to the RAF Benevolent Fund (as a penalty for failing to preserve the prototype - which was a bit rich, since it had crashed in 1927!) This presumably followed from the DH advert in Flight 26.9.40 wanting to buy an early DH.60 and Gipsy I. Inspected by Air Ministry at Elmdon 30.8.39. Crashed Castle Bromwich 5.2.39 and rebuilt (allegedly with small pieces from prototype) by 4.39. Sold 6.38 for £185 and regd 15.8.38 to John Frederick Jefferson, Dorridge. Retrieved by Richard Shuttleworth and repaired by Warden Aviation Co at Old Warden by 11.37 fitted with Cirrus III. ![]() Forced-landed by owner in field nr Christchurch 31.8.37 and badly damaged. Regd 3.8.34 to Clifford Ogle, based Barton. Regd 11.32 to Melville W Allenby, Wilmington. Regd 5.32 to The Hon Brian Lewis, t/a Brian Lewis & Co, Heston. 31 by Stan Lupton & Stuart "Stiffy" Ashton, Broxbourne for proposed flight to Australia, starting 30.10.31 plans abandoned after aircraft damaged in gales Broxbourne and sold. Regd 9.29 to James E Glenny, Hawick, Scotland. Sold 2.29 to Cyril WR Gleeson, Killaloe, Co Clare. Regd 23.7.28 to Kenneth Twemlow, Woodford. Badly damaged in crash when it overturned on forced landing in The Pennines 18.2.28 repaired. Damaged and fully rebuilt by LAC at Woodford sold 10.27 and regd 20.12.27 to John A Anderson, Woodford. 188 DH.60 regd G-EBLV 22.6.25 to Light Planes (Lancashire) Ltd, t/a Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford. Hit hedge on landing Stag Lane 8.1.26 and w/off. 187 DH.60 regd G-EBLU 22.6.25 to The London Aero Club Ltd, Stag Lane. Probably destroyed in hangar fire Witney 27.10.36 (arson). ![]() Operated 1.35 (but not regd) by Witney & Oxford Aero Club. Regd 9.7.34 to South Wales Airways Ltd, Wenvoe. Sold and delivered 20.4.34 to Brian Lewis & Co Ltd, Heston in part exchange for three DH.60GIIIs. 186 DH.60 regd G-EBLT 22.6.25 to The Midland Aero Club Ltd, Castle Bromwich fleet no.1. Badly damaged in crash following stall turn Sherburn 5.6.26 repaired. 185 DH.60 regd G-EBLS 22.6.25 to The Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd, Roundhay, Leeds/Brough Sherburn wef 1.26. Forced landed with engine failure and crashed into iron fence Hale, Cheshire 11.6.27. Reported as dd Woodford 21.7.25 by Alan Cobham. 184 DH.60 regd G-EBLR 22.6.25 to Light Planes (Lancashire) Ltd, t/a Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford. Spun in & crashed Stanmore whilst landing Stag Lane 9.10.27 pilot Charles Swan killed. Damaged on landing Stag Lane 10.26 repaired. 170-182 Serials used for 12 rebuilt DH.9s and DH.56 J7780 CIRRUS I production Moths 183 DH.60 regd G-EBLI 29.5.25 to The London Aero Club Ltd, Stag Lane. Struck overhead wires on landing Lahore 2.4.27 and overturned Bernard Leete and Lady Hailey (wife of Governor of the Punjab) slightly hurt. Departed for Lahore 15.2.27 arrived 3.27 and used in Punjab for experience flights. Re-engined with Cirrus II and regd 6.11.26 to Bernard MTS Leete, who departed Stag Lane 15.11.26 en route India (in company with T Neville Stack in G-EBMO) arrived Karachi 8.1.27. Company demonstrator and also used by DH School of Flying. Came in 4th in following day's Croydon Stakes, flown by Capt WL Hope. ![]() Flown in Kings Cup Air Race by Capt Geoffrey de Havilland 3.7.25 and retired (as G- EBKT) in bad weather nr St Albans. 169 DH.60 (Cirrus I) regd G-EBKU 10.2.25 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane. Spun in and crashed Dennis Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex 21.8.27 P/O Stanley Pritchard-Barrett & wife injured. Private entry by Mrs Elliott-Lynn in Paris Concours d'Avions Economiques 8.26 entry no.1 - came 7th of 8! Sold and dd 10.1.27 and regd 4.2.27 to The London Aero Club Ltd, Stag Lane (to replace G-EBNP). Sold 3.26 and regd 17.4.26 to Mrs Sophie C Elliott-Lynn & Norman H Jones, Stag Lane. Used as company demonstrator and by DH School of Flying. Flown following day in "compensatory" shorter distance "Croydon Stakes" over 523 miles and came in 2nd (of 5) at 87.3 mph. Flown in Kings Cup Air Race by Cobham 3.7.25 (entered by Sir Charles Wakefield of Castrol) departed Croydon but retired nr St Albans in bad weather. Flown by Alan Cobham non-stop from Croydon to Zurich and back 29.5.25 in 13 hrs 49 min flying time - at average speed of 74.5 mph and fuel cost of £4.60 (apparantly before issue of CofA). First flown by Capt Geoffrey de Havilland 22.2.25 without markings but exhibited to press fully painted at Stag Lane 2.3.25. DH.60 MOTH Version 290609 168 Prototype DH.60 Moth (Cirrus I), regd G-EBKT 10.2.25 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane. ![]()
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